Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Apple Executive Chairman Tim Cook in Ankara, according to the Turkish Presidency.
Monday’s meeting was held at the Presidential Complex and was not open to the press, the presidency said in a statement.
"In our meeting with Apple Chairman Tim Cook today, we spoke about the future of digital technology at the global level and Apple's support for the digital application economy in Türkiye," Erdogan said on Turkish social media platform NSosyal.
"I hope our meeting will be beneficial for both Türkiye and Apple," he added.
Cook also visited Anitkabir, the mausoleum of modern Türkiye’s founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, in the capital, Ankara on Monday.
“Honoured to visit Anıtkabir in Ankara and pay my respects ahead of Atatürk Remembrance Day,” Cook wrote on US social media company X, sharing photos from the visit.
The visit came a day before Türkiye marks the anniversary of Ataturk’s death. He died on November 10, 1938, in Istanbul, and is commemorated nationwide each year, with a moment of silence observed at 9.05 am local time (0605GMT), the exact time of his death.
The visit followed Cook’s trip to Istanbul on Sunday, where he toured the historic Grand Bazaar and attended an event organised in collaboration with Turkish fashion brand Les Benjamins at Apple’s Bagdat Street store.
Cook became Apple’s executive chairman on September 1, handing the CEO role to John Ternus after leading the company since 2011.
