Dhaka, June 1 -- Turkey's president-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a phone call to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday night since his reelection as the president and expressed hope to take Turkey-Bangladesh relations to a new height.

"Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a telephone call to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tonight at around 11:15 pm on Wednesday. The two leaders exchanged greetings and spoke to each other for 10 minutes," said a press release of the Prime Minister's Press Wing.

During the telephonic conversation, Sheikh Hasina congratulated the Turkey President on his re-election by securing victory at the second round election, where the voter turnout rate was above 86 per cent, reports BSS.

She expressed her happiness as th...