Erdogan says Trump responded 'positively' to Turkey’s threats on Syria
According to Ankara, the US president expressed support both for its stance against US-allied Kurdish militants in Syria and its efforts to extradite Fethullah Gulen as its chief suspect in the 2016 Turkish coup attempt.
![NATO-SUMMIT/ U.S. President Donald Trump and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attend the start of the NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC117DD2EDF0](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2018/12/RTX6APIP.jpg/RTX6APIP.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=8CZcjw1W)
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