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

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

   [1]https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/13/politics/donald-trump-recep-tayyip-er
   dogan-turkey-impeachment/index.html

   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? :
   [2]https://www.transparency.org/en/blog/turkey-128-billion-what-happene
   d-central-bank

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

References

   1. https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/13/politics/donald-trump-recep-tayyip-erdogan-turkey-impeachment/index.html
   2. https://www.transparency.org/en/blog/turkey-128-billion-what-happened-central-bank