Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, answers a question as he and U.S. President Barack Obama hold a joint news conference, White House Rose Garden, Washington, May 16, 2013.
Turkey Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan: 'I No Longer Talk to Barack Obama' -- IBTimes
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that he has stopped talking to US President Barack Obama on the phone as relations between Washington and Ankara worsen.
Erdogan is at odds with the United States over their handling of the Syrian civil war. As a staunch opponent of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Erdogan believed the US to have betrayed Turkey when they pulled out of military action against Damascus.
"In the past, I was calling him [Obama] directly. Because I can't get the expected results on Syria, our foreign ministers are now talking to each other," Erdogan said in an interview on Turkish channel ATV.
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