PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has congratulated Tayyip Erdogan after the Turkish president secured sweeping new executive powers in presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday, Macron's place of work stated on Tuesday.
"The French president has congratulated Recep Tayyip Erdogan and wished the Turkish people success in the economic and social development of their country and in the democratic functioning of their institutions," an Elysee Palace source stated.
Macron wired the significance of a calmer discussion between Turkey and the European Union, the source added.
Erdogan, 64, the preferred - but divisive - chief in modern Turkish historical past, has been criticized for destroying the independence of the courts and press freedoms after a failed 2016 coup.
"The French president has congratulated Recep Tayyip Erdogan and wished the Turkish people success in the economic and social development of their country and in the democratic functioning of their institutions," an Elysee Palace source stated.
Macron wired the significance of a calmer discussion between Turkey and the European Union, the source added.
Erdogan, 64, the preferred - but divisive - chief in modern Turkish historical past, has been criticized for destroying the independence of the courts and press freedoms after a failed 2016 coup.
French President Macron congratulates Turkey's Erdogan, urges calmer dialogue
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