Turkish president made request whereas within the US for United Nations Normal Meeting, Turkish information company says.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has requested Tesla CEO Elon Musk to construct a Tesla manufacturing facility in Turkey, in response to the state-owned Anadolu Company.

Erdogan requested Musk throughout a gathering at Turkish Home, a skyscraper close to the United Nations in New York, the Turkish information company stated on the social media platform X on Sunday.

Erdogan is in america to attend the 78th session of the United Nations Normal Meeting. Tesla and the Turkish embassy in Washington, DC didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark from the Reuters information company.

Musk can be set to fulfill Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in California on Monday. Musk posted on X that their talks would deal with synthetic intelligence expertise.

Tesla in August expressed an curiosity in constructing a manufacturing facility in India that will produce a low-cost electrical automobile (EV).

Tesla at the moment has six factories and is constructing a seventh in Mexico’s northern Nuevo Leon state, a part of the electrical carmaker’s push to broaden its world footprint.

Musk stated in Might that the automaker would most likely decide a location for a brand new manufacturing facility by the tip of this yr.

Tesla shares are up 123 p.c to date this yr and the automaker on Saturday stated it had produced its five-millionth automobile.

Along with working Tesla, Musk additionally purchased X, previously referred to as Twitter, for $44bn in 2022.

Whereas describing himself as a free speech absolutist, Musk has complied with some calls for by the Turkish authorities to censor content material within the nation.

In different circumstances, the social media firm has objected to orders by the Turkish courts.