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Dorian Jones

Erdogan’s Washington visit exposes limits of his rapport with Trump

US President Donald Trump, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on 25 September 2025. Getty Images via AFP - ANDREW HARNIK

Turkey has hailed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s first White House visit in six years as a diplomatic win, though tensions over Donald Trump’s support for Israel’s war in Gaza still cast a shadow.

Ankara is celebrating a diplomatic win after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was hosted by US President Donald Trump in Washington on Thursday.

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