Erdoğan Receives Tesla and SpaceX Founder Elon Musk

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk. Erdoğan, who is in New York to attend the 78th United Nations (UN) General Assembly, is continuing his contacts at the Türkevi. President Erdoğan received Elon Musk. Musk came to the reception with his son. Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan, Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır, TBMM Industry, Trade, Energy, Natural Resources, Information and Technology Commission President Mustafa Varank, and Presidential Digital Transformation Office President Ali Taha Koç were also present at the closed-door reception. Erdoğan called on Musk to establish Tesla’s 7th factory in Turkey According to a statement made by the Presidential Directorate of Communications regarding the reception, Erdoğan told Musk about Turkey’s breakthroughs in technology, the Digital Turkey Vision, and the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy at the closed-door reception. Erdoğan, who reminded that Tesla entered the Turkish market with Togg hitting the roads in Turkey, called for Tesla to establish its 7th factory in Turkey. President Erdoğan, stating that there may be opportunities for cooperation with SpaceX in the steps taken and to be taken within the scope of Turkey's space program, invited Musk to TEKNOFEST to be held in İzmir. Erdoğan presented Musk with the English version of his book "A More Just World is Possible" and the book "UN Reform: A New Approach to International Cooperation" prepared by the Presidency's Directorate of Communications, which explains the reasons for Turkey's request for reform in the United Nations Security Council, and a football to Musk's child.