Erdogan seeks reset with Europe on Paris visit

PARIS: Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan travels to Paris on Friday for talks with France's Emmanuel Macron aimed at improving relations with Europe, after a war of words in 2017.

The lunch and talks at the Elysee Palace are expected to take in Syria and EU-Turkey relations, but Macron is also expected to voice concern over Erdogan's post-coup purges.

The visit to France will be Erdogan's first since the botched July 2015 putsch and one of only a handful to Europe since the attempted army takeover.

In an interview with France's LCI television on Thursday, he said he had got off to a "very good start" with France's new leader.