Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a boycott of American electronics Tuesday after US President Donald Trump's decision to hike tariffs on Turkish steel imports.

"Whatever we buy from abroad we are going to produce here in better quality and export it. We are going to boycott US electronics," Erdogan said at celebrations of the 17th anniversary of his Justice and Development Party.

"If they have the iPhone on the other hand there is Samsung. In our country we have Venus and Vestel," he said, referring to a Turkish-made phone made by electronics manufacturer Vestel.

"What we can do is proved by what we have done so far. Whatever we pay for from abroad, we will do here," he said.

It is not clear if this will be an official government boycott or just a call to the Turkish public to stop buying American electronics.

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