U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Istanbul, Turkey, July 9, 2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday praised the courage of the Turkish people in defending democracy from an attempted coup almost exactly a year ago, although he made no mention of the widespread crackdown that has followed.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of an oil conference in Istanbul, where he received an award recognising his four decades of work in the industry, Tillerson also said the United States saw Turkey as a partner in its push for greater energy security in the region.
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