Turkish President Erdogan arrives in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday arrived in Malaysia to attend the Kuala Lumpur Summit.

Erdogan was welcomed by Malaysian Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad, Turkey's Ambassador to Kuala Lumpur Merve Kavakci and Turkey's Defense Industries Presidency head Ismail Demir.

Erdogan is accompanied by first lady Emine Erdogan, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, Finance and Treasury Minister Berat Albayrak, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa Varank, ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party's

Acting Chair Numan Kurtulmus, AK Party Deputy Chair Cevdet Yilmaz, Communications Director Fahrettin Altun, and presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin.

Writing by Burak Bir