Overview

• Trump announced the visit on Truth Social, saying he will welcome Turkey's president to the White House on Sept. 25 and aims to finalize agreements.
• He cited a potential large Boeing aircraft purchase, a major F-16 deal and continued F-35 talks, which he said he expects to conclude positively.
• Turkey’s 2019 purchase of Russian S-400 air defenses led Washington to cancel an F-35 sale and remove Ankara from the fighter program.
• Turkey subsequently pursued F-16 jets, and the two leaders last met on June 24 at a NATO summit, according to reports.
• Some coverage notes longstanding international criticism of Erdoğan’s record on democracy and human rights.