Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman in Istanbul on Thursday.

Erdoğan welcomed Erhürman with an official ceremony at the Dolmabahçe Office, after which the two leaders held talks, according to the presidency.

National Intelligence Organization head İbrahim Kalın, foreign policy and security adviser Akif Çağatay Kılıç, and Communications Director Burhanettin Duran also attended the meeting.