Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with US President Donald Trump on Thursday, marking the Turkish leader’s first White House visit in six years. The meeting comes as several issues in the US-Turkish bilateral relationship remain unresolved, such as long-stalled talks over US sales of F-35 fighter jets to Ankara, US sanctions on Turkey, and Trump’s demand that NATO countries, including Turkey, stop buying Russian oil.
Was progress made on any of these issues? And how might the Trump-Erdoğan meeting impact broader US-Turkish cooperation on trade, energy, and policy toward the Middle East? Find our experts’ takeaways from Erdoğan’s visit below.
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. Rich Outzen: Three reasons the Trump-Erdoğan meeting was a success
. Yevgeniya Gaber: Cooperation on Ukraine could help bolster US-Turkish ties
. Grady Wilson: Trump gives the nod to Erdoğan’s regional influence
. Pınar Dost: Washington and Ankara are unlocking their vast energy trade potential
. Ömer Özkizilcik: Turkey is the kingmaker Trump wants to work with in Syria
