Erdogan was at the opening ceremony for a memorial dedicated to the roughly 250 people who died during last year's failed coup.
Getting Erdogan to positively contribute in areas of mutual interest should be a priority in Washington.
Erdogan is expected to pay a state visit to Washington in the coming weeks.
The Turkish parliament signed off on the accord two weeks ago.
Harold Rhode: In the Middle East, truth is a malleable commodity and regimes invent whatever evidence they need.
Senior Turkish official tells ‘Post’ the people who spread these false rumors also "believe 9/11 was an inside job."
Riot police intervened to disperse protestors chanting "Time will come when the tide will turn and the AK Party..."