WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will return to Turkey on Saturday.
Erdogan told reporters that he would leave for Turkey on Saturday when departing from Washington.
Prime Minister Erdogan is expected to proceed to Boston and deliver a speech at the Harvard University.
Erdogan flew from Turkey to the United States on Sunday.
Prime Minister Erdogan met with international finance circles at breakfast in New York on Monday and later spoke about Turkish foreign policy in the 21st century at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Erdogan was presented with ''Profiles in Courage'' award by the American Jewish Committee (AJC) the same day.
Prime Minister Erdogan received Orthodox Church in America Patriarch Demetrios and some leading U.S. businessmen with Greek origin.
New York St. John's University honored Erdogan with honorary law doctorate the same day.
Erdogan later addressed Turkish people in Turkish House in New York.
Processing from New York to Washington on Tuesday, Erdogan addressed Turkish and American businessmen in a luncheon which was hosted by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB), Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK) and Turkish-American Business Council.
Erdogan explained the recent situation in Turkish economy in Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and replied questions on Wednesday.
Erdogan later received representatives of Muslim and Jewish institutions in the United States.
The same day, Erdogan met with U.S. President George W. Bush.
Erdogan visited U.S. Senate and met with World Bank President James Wolfensohn later in the day.
Prime Minister Erdogan also met with U.S. Secretary of Treasury John Snow and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Horst Koehler.
On Thursday, Erdogan visited U.S. Chamber of Commerce and delivered a speech at American Enterprise Institute (AEI).
Erdogan opened Bahcesehir Ugur Education Center in Washington, D.C. the same day.
On Friday Erdogan addressed opening remarks of the 24th Annual Convention of the Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) in Washington.
(BRC) 30.01.2004