Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Washington today to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House amid an intense crisis between the two NATO allies.
Erdogan says he will press the US president on the extradition of the Pennsylvania-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, a request the United States has long rebuffed. And The Washington Post reported Tuesday that Trump sent a letter to Erdogan ahead of the meeting offering not to implement legally mandated sanctions on Turkey. He reportedly floated a $100 billion trade deal in the letter as well. In return, Trump wants Erdogan to adhere to an October agreement where Turkish troops would refrain from venturing further into northeast Syria beyond the border area they already control.
