Erdogan: Turkey wants its share in East Med

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) waves arsenic helium is welcomed to the White House, successful Washington, DC, US, connected 25 September 2025. [Yuri Gripas/EPA]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed Ankara’s resoluteness to support its interests successful the Eastern Mediterranean aft gathering with US President Donald Trump, while urging determination practice connected a “win-win” basis.

“Turkey and Egypt are two important countries successful our region,” Erdogan told reporters. He said Ankara does not purpose to violate others’ rights, but insisted Turkey would assertion its stock of Mediterranean resources. “Turkey’s determined stance causes recalculations successful the region,” helium said. 

Erdogan ruled retired renewed federation talks connected Cyprus, declaring: “The section of federation is present closed for us… Turkish Cypriots will ne'er judge becoming a minority. The lone realistic λύση is designation of two abstracted states.”

Officials described Erdogan’s Oval Office talks with Trump arsenic warm, but said disputes stay implicit Syria, Hamas, Israel, and US combatant pitchy sales. Ankara besides announced a 20-year US LNG woody and atomic vigor practice agreement, portion of efforts to trim reliance connected Russian gas.