President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he believes Turkish-British ties will flourish under Boris Johnson's term as prime minister.
In a message posted on Twitter Tuesday, Erdogan congratulated Johnson who won the campaign for Britain's Conservative Party leadership and is set to replace Theresa May as prime minister.
Erdogan wished Johnson success in his new job and added: "I believe that the Türkiye-United Kingdom relations will flourish even more during this new era."
Johnson, who has part Turkish ancestry, received a warm welcome in Türkiye in 2016 when he visited as foreign secretary despite the fact that he had based his Brexit campaign on the possibility of Türkiye joining the EU and millions of Turks entering Britain.