In Turkey, Erdogan has imprisoned or fired tens of thousands of dissidents, civil servants, police, professors and military officers after a failed coup against him in 2016.
Erdogan also defended his country’s military operations in Syria, saying they were aimed at wiping out “terrorists,” a term he used to include both Islamic State and some of the Kurdish factions allied with the United States. U.S.-Turkish tensions are extremely high. Trump, however, apparently seeks to capitalize on what he considers to be a close personal relationship with Erdogan.In the news conference, in which he urged Erdogan to call on “friendly reporters” and seemed also to follow his own advice, Trump said he was confident Turkey would “continue to uphold what it’s supposed to uphold” but also needed European help in repatriating Islamic State fighters and refugees from Syria.
Persuading Turkey to move away from the S-400 purchase is a priority, administration officials said. They also insisted the United States had not abandoned the Kurds. Trump has said a small contingent of U.S. troops will remain“It’s fair to say that there are irritants on both sides,” a senior administration official, who also briefed reporters on condition of anonymity, said in a conference call.
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