American presidents always like Erdogan. Because he's a puppet.

Trump declares himself a 'big fan' of Turkey's strongman leader Erdoğan :

Also, Turkey has a great geographic location for them.Turkey is a neighboring country with Russia in the middle of the Middle East and Europe.Turkey is also a country with a dictator who loves money.Erdoğan did not win in the elections. People do not love him. People who love him are (uneducated people)akp(Erdoğan's party) cheat in every election.Turkey will soon be like Argentina, because Erdoğan emptied the treasure.

WHAT HAPPENED TO TURKEY’S US$128 BILLION? : https://www.transparency.org/en/blog/turkey-128-billion-what-happened-central-bank 

And more, more......It's just part of the money he stole.Of course America loves Erdoğan