25.09.2025 19:00
President Erdoğan and U.S. President Donald Trump have begun their meeting in the Oval Office. Before the meeting, Trump made statements to the press, saying, "I have a lot of respect for this man."
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President Erdoğan met with US President Donald Trump during his visit to America for the United Nations (UN) General Assembly. Before the critical meeting, the two leaders answered questions from the press.
"I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THIS MAN"
In his speech, Trump said, "I have great respect for this man." He added, "Our friendship continued while I was in exile. We had many adventures together all over Europe. We built a very strong army together. We will have dinner and hold a meeting. They want to buy F-35 and F-16 from us. We have had good relations for a long time. He had given us Branson. I am very happy that we got him back. I am very happy to see the President of Turkey by my side."
ERDOĞAN: WE ARE EXPERIENCING A DIFFERENT PROCESS
President Erdoğan stated, "We are experiencing a different process in Turkey-US relations during Trump's first and second terms. We will discuss the F-35, F-16, and Halkbank issues in detail today. We are ready to do whatever is necessary regarding the Heybeliada School," giving clues about the meeting.
"IT'S GREAT THAT WE CAN DO THIS"
After Erdoğan, Trump took the floor again, saying, "It's great that we can do this. The Great Orthodox Church was here. I told them I would help. The man next to me is very tough. Very tough and doing good work in his country. They stopped buying oil from Russia. We see that the war is ongoing. Their economy is in very bad shape. They are killing thousands of people for no reason. We see that human life is being wasted. Putin needs to stop. We will also discuss trade between the two countries."
F-35 AND CAATSA
Trump: We will discuss the F-35 issue. I think we will be successful. You want to see the F-35s. We are talking very seriously. There are important issues here. These will also be discussed. If we have a good meeting, we can lift the CAATSA sanctions immediately.
RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR
Trump: The fact that NATO as a whole did not give up on Russia was disappointing. They have done good work in other areas as well. We are selling weapons to NATO. Most of our arms trade is currently with Ukraine. If I were president, this war would not have started.
"WE WILL DISCUSS GAZA WITH ERDOĞAN"
Trump: I do not know Erdoğan's views on Gaza. I will find out. We will discuss Gaza. We had great meetings with the leaders in that region. We are very close to making an agreement here. We will rescue the hostages. We must rescue them. There are 20 live hostages. There are also 30 dead hostages.
"WE WILL DISCUSS GAZA WITH ISRAEL"
Trump: Steps can be taken regarding Gaza. It could happen today. We have good meetings with Saudi Arabia. We had great meetings with the leaders. We will also meet with Israel. I believe we can do this. We want to rescue the hostages. We want to get all of them right now. There is also an American hostage. We want to get them all at once.
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