Mr Erdogan and Mr Bush spoke of closer ties between their countries
US President George W Bush has promised extra help to tackle Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, following talks with Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Mr Bush offered to share intelligence with Turkey and declared the PKK rebel organisation "an enemy of Turkey, a free Iraq and the United States".
Turkey has threatened to hit bases used by the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) unless the US and Iraq do more to help.
Washington has urged Ankara not to launch cross-border strikes into Iraq.
US officials fear such action could destabilise northern Iraq, up to now the most stable region of the country.
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