A dozen agreements on trade, energy, higher education and religious affairs were signed by ministers and officials, including a deal to manufacture drones in Indonesia, as the pair watched on. Prabowo earlier called Erdogan "my close friend, my brother ...

Indonesia and Turkey have built an increasingly close relationship in recent years, and the two leaders previously met in Ankara last July when Subianto was still president-elect and defense minister. Subianto pledged to “elevate defense cooperation and other strategic fields for mutual benefit.”

As US President Donald Trump has doubled down on the plan to acquire Gaza Strip and expel all Palestinians, Turkey and Indonesia appear to have found common ground on the Palestinian question