Erdoğan's call to a Turkish businessman in New York
President Erdoğan, at the '100 Yıllık Dostluk: Türkiye-Amerika Birleşik Devletleri' event held in New York, called on U.S. investors to invest in Turkey. Erdoğan also addressed Chobani founder Hamdi Ulukaya from the podium, saying, 'Hamdi, we are waiting for you.'

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that the trade volume between Turkey and the United States will exceed $38 billion in 2025, and that it reached $28 billion in the first eight months of 2026.
Erdoğan said that the $100 billion target set for trade between the two countries is attainable.
Addressing U.S. investors, Erdoğan called on them to invest in Turkey and said that cooperation should be expanded in areas such as energy, civil aviation, high technology, and defense industry.

Call to Ulukaya from the podium
In the investment section of his speech, Erdoğan addressed Hamdi Ulukaya directly, saying, "Hamdi, we are waiting for you."

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