Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday received Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib, president of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, Anadolu Agency reported.
The meeting at Istanbul's Dolmabahce Palace was held closed to press, and it lasted about an hour.
The coalition, to be based in Cairo, is expected to establish a provisional government to manage rebel-held areas inside Syria and handle the opposition's international contacts.