ISTANBUL, Oct 21 —President Tayyip Erdogan said today Turkey would take "necessary” further steps in northeastern Syria after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin tomorrow, the day that a five-day Washington-brokered ceasefire expires.

"We will take up this process with Mr Putin and after that we will take the necessary steps,” Erdogan told a forum in Istanbul hosted by broadcaster TRT World, without elaborating.

Erdogan is due to hold talks with Putin tomorrow in Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi. — Reuters