Telephone conversation with President-elect of Turkey Recip Tayyip Erdogan 2014-08-11 16:00:00 During the conversation, Vladimir Putin congratulated Recip Tayyip Erdogan on his victory in Turkey’s first ever direct presidential election. The two presidents expressed their hopes for continued steady development in the strategic partnership between Russia and Turkey. President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev, who is in Sochi at Mr Putin’s invitation, also joined in the telephone conversation.