President Donald Trump meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 25, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Jan. 2 that he had scheduled a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump for the afternoon of Jan. 5.
“We will have another phone call with President Trump on Monday,” he told reporters in Istanbul, adding that the pair will discuss developments between Russia and Ukraine as well as the situation between Israel and the Palestinians.
