ANKARA, April 27 – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan reached out to U.S. President Donald Trump by telephone following a shooting incident that occurred at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, according to an announcement from the Turkish presidency late Sunday.
The Turkish presidency released a statement on X saying that “Erdogan said he saw the incident as a heinous act against democracy and press freedom.”
Before the phone conversation took place, Erdogan had already issued a public condemnation of the shooting through a post on X, where he expressed relief that both President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump remained safe and uninjured during the incident.
