UPDATE - Turkish president meets with Turkmen, Kyrgyz counterparts in Ankara

UPDATES WITH ERDOGAN'S MEETING WITH JAPAROV

By Zehra Nur Celik and Esra Tekin

ANKARA / ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday separately met with Turkmenistan's President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov in the capital Ankara.

Erdogan held a meeting with Berdimuhamedov following the 13th Heads of State Summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) in the capital Ankara.

Their one-on-one meeting was held behind closed doors.

Erdogan also met Japarov in a separate closed-door meeting.

Türkiye has taken over the rotating chairmanship of the organization from Azerbaijan.