6 December 2009 / THE ANATOLIA NEWS AGENCY, İSTANBUL
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has departed from Istanbul on Sunday and is on his way to the United States upon an invitation by President Barack Obama.
State Minister & Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan, State Minister & Chief Negotiator for EU talks Egemen Bağış, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, Minister of Public Works & Housing Mustafa Demir, Deputy Chairman of the Justice & Development (AK) Party Kürşat Tüzmen, and several reporters are accompanying Prime Minister Erdoğan.