US President Donald Trump spoke by phone on Monday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and congratulated him on his victory in Sunday’s referendum on a constitutional package that will switch the country to an executive presidency and substantially increase the power of the president, CNN Türk reported.
Trump has become the first Western head of state to congratulate Erdoğan as only the leaders of Azerbaijan, Qatar, Guinea, Bahrain, Djibouti and the head of HAMAS called him immediately after the unofficial results were announced Sunday night.