Telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan 2014-05-16 14:50:00 At Russia’s initiative, Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The President called Mr Erdogan so as to personally convey his condolences following the coal mine tragedy in Turkey’s Manisa Province on May 13. Earlier, Mr Putin sent Turkey’s President and Prime Minister a message of condolences.