Meeting with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan 2014-12-01 18:00:00 Ankara Vladimir Putin met with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan while on a state visit to Turkey. The meeting was preceded by an official welcome ceremony and presentation of the delegations. Earlier, Mr Putin laid a wreath at the tomb of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk to honour the memory of the Turkish Republic’s first president.