 Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan asked Tesla CEO Elon Musk to build a Tesla factory in Turkey, the country's communications directorate set on September 18, a day after the two met in New York. The directorate cited Musk as saying that many Turkish suppliers are already working with Tesla and that Turkey was among the most important candidates for its next factory. Erdoğan and Musk were speaking during a meeting at Turkish House, a skyscraper near the United Nations in New York, Turkey's state-owned Anadolu news agency reported. Erdoğan is in the U.S. to attend the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. Erdoğan is in the U.S. to attend the 70th session of the UN General Assembly.