President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met national team basketball player Cedi Osman in New York, where he is continuing his engagements as part of the 81st United Nations General Assembly.
During the meeting at Türkevi in New York, Erdoğan and Cedi Osman had a friendly conversation about basketball. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan also attended the meeting.
Erdoğan invited the national team player, saying, “Come to Ankara, let’s play basketball.”
During the conversation, the name of Hidayet Türkoğlu, president of the Turkish Basketball Federation and a former national team basketball player, also came up. Erdoğan told Cedi Osman, “We’ll put Hidayet Türkoğlu on the opposing team and take you onto our team.” Erdoğan also said that they sometimes put former national team player Ömer Onan on the opposing team.
Erdoğan continues UN engagements in New York
President Erdoğan traveled to New York to attend the 81st United Nations General Assembly and hold various meetings. Türkevi, one of the main locations on Erdoğan’s program in the city, is expected to host several meetings.
The Directorate of Communications of the Presidency announced that Erdoğan went to Türkevi after arriving in New York and would hold various engagements as part of the UN General Assembly.