With Latin America Visit, Turkey's Erdogan Seeks to Bolster Trade

President Tayyip Erdogan heads to Latin America on Sunday with the aim of boosting trade ties as Turkey seeks to diversify away from its traditional export markets in the troubled economies of Europe and the Middle East. In his first visit to the region in a year, Erdogan will lead a large business delegation to Chile, Peru and Ecuador. Turkey has been slowly strengthening its relationship with Latin America since the late 1990s, when one of his predecessors, Suleyman Demirel, became...

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