Erdogan calls for 'new era' in Franco-Turkish ties
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a "new era" in Franco-Turkish relations in a congratulatory phone call to president-elect Francois Hollande, officials said Friday.
In the call late on Thursday, Erdogan said he hoped "Turko-French relations will from now on be free from artificial questions currently affecting them," an official in Erdogan's entourage said. "I am confident on the subject of a new era in our relations," Erdogan told Hollande, according to the official. (AFP)
