"Erdogan said he sees this incident as a heinous act against democracy and media freedom," the presidency said in a statement posted on X. Earlier, Erdogan condemned the incident in a separate post on X, expressing relief that Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were unharmed. Recall that a shooting occurred at the annual dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association, which was attended by Trump and members of his cabinet. The attacker was identified as Cole Thomas Allen, and footage released by Trump showed him running past Secret Service agents securing the event and entering the hall where the dinner was being held. Security teams managed to subdue him, and no casualties resulted from the shooting.