Erdoğan hails model partnership with US after Trump victory

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed his belief that ties between Türkiye and the United States will improve under the "model partnership" following the reelection of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the U.S.

Speaking to the reporters on his return from Hungary, where he attended the European Political Community meeting, Erdoğan informed about his phone conversation with Trump right after the American elections.

"We had a candid conversation with Mr. Trump. [During the conversation] they were having a family dinner and Elon Musk and his son were also there. We have talked about the election process and the Turkish-American ties," Erdoğan said.

"He [Trump] had nice words about Türkiye. I have invited him to our country. I hope he will come and we can, therefore, strengthen our cooperation differently from the past period," the president said, referring to Trump's first presidency between 2017 and 2021.

Recalling that Türkiye and the U.S. are still at odds over the former's deployment of the Russian S-400 air defense systems which triggered Türkiye's exclusion from the F-35 fifth generation fighter jet program, Erdoğan said: "Our expectations from the U.S. as our NATO ally are well known. We face so many challenges, especially the Russian-Ukrainian war and Palestine issue. It is possible to resolve these issues through Turkish-American cooperation."

Erdoğan also expressed his optimism that these wars will end during Trump's presidency. "We have worked with Mr. trump in his first term. The Turkish-American model partnership is indisputable although we, time to time, have divergences."

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