Erdogan is scheduled to meet with Trump at the White House for discussions expected to center on the friction between the two NATO allies over a US decision to arm Syrian Kurdish fighters considered as terrorists by Turkey.
They will also likely focus on a Turkish request for the extradition of a US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen whom Turkey blames for last summer's failed coup.
The Trump administration has placed priority on US security issues and advancing foreign policy goals, and there is no indication that the issues of human rights and media freedoms will figure prominently on the agenda.
"Turkey is under a state of emergency since (the failed coup), during which human rights have been trampled on," said Sezgin Tanrikulu, a legislator from Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party, or CHP. "The media and press freedoms have been placed under government control. Torture and ill-treatment have increased."
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"Human rights and democracy are not part of Trump's agenda, but we hope that he abandons this stance," Tanrikulu said. "A Turkey that moves away from the world is to no one's interest."
Trump has been keen to maintain a good relationship with Erdogan. He congratulated Erdogan on his referendum win even as human rights advocates and some European leaders voiced concerns over the direction Turkey is taking.
Erdogan's ties with the former US administration were strained, among other issues, over Washington's frequent calls for Turkey to respect human rights and freedom of expression.
A senior Turkish government official said, however, that Trump not focusing on human rights in Turkey was "not an issue for us."
"I don't think it would even have crossed the president's mind. Our priority is the YPG issue," the official said.
He was making a reference to the Syrian Kurdish fighters whom the US has decided to provide with weapons ahead of a possible operation to recapture the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorised to speak to reporters.
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