AKIPRESS.COM - President of the US Donald Trump called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday to congratulate him on his election victory last weekend, Turkey's state-run Anadolu news agency said.

Turkish voters delivered a decisive victory to Erdogan on Sunday, extending his 15-year rule in the country and giving him sweeping new executive powers.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Monday said that a call was being set up between the two leaders to "reaffirm" the "strong bond" between the U.S. and Turkey.

The White House did not immediately respond to The Hill's request for comment about the reported phone call.

The Turkish election on Sunday was the first since voters approved a referendum last year abolishing the office of prime minister and drastically expanding the president's authority.

Erdogan received 53 percent of the vote, according to Anadolu, allowing him to avoid a runoff against his chief rival Muharrem Ince, who got just 31 percent of the vote.

At the same time, Erdogan's conservative party and its allies took about 53 percent of the vote in the country's legislative elections.