UPDATE 2 - Turkish president meets with Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Turkish Cypriot counterparts in Ankara
- Bilateral meetings come after Organization of Turkic States Summit in Ankara
UPDATES WITH ERDOGAN'S MEETING WITH ERHURMAN; CHANGES LEDE
By Zehra Nur Celik and Esra Tekin
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday separately met with Turkmenistan's President Serdar Berdimuhammedov, Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov, and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus President Tufan Erhurman in the capital Ankara.
Erdogan held a meeting with Berdimuhamedov following the 13th Summit of the Heads of State 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.
Later in the day, Erdogan met with Erhurman in a closed-door meeting.
Türkiye has taken over the rotating chairmanship of the organization from Azerbaijan.