Carney, other NATO leaders gifted personalized revolvers by Turkish president

Bras de fer gagnant pour la Turquie

Curiosité diplomatique : à l'issue du sommet de l'OTAN d'Ankara, les chefs d'État et de gouvernement sont repartis avec un revolver turc gravé à leur nom, accompagné de six cartouches et d'un kit de nettoyage. Ankara exporte désormais autant ses armes que sa position stratégique. / Russie, () / Russie, Israël, États-Unis, Turquie, Armement

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When NATO leaders opened their gift boxes from the Turkish president and found a .357 Magnum revolver, some panicked and others laughed. But gifting heads of state lavish, personalised firearms is a tradition as old as Samuel Colt — and as recent as a Czech pistol presented to Trump in 2019.

Turkey's Erdogan gifts pistols to NATO leaders

After NATO leaders gathered for the summit in Ankara, their host, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, handed each an unusual parting gift: a vintage revolver — along with live ammunition — indicating it was not just for show. #erdogan #turkey #NATO #ankara #NATOsummit

PM Carney gifted pistol by Turkey’s president at NATO

JEDDAH — Prime Minister Mark Carney was gifted a personalized pistol and ammunition by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO summit. Erdogan, who hosted this year’s summit in Ankara, gifted every NATO leader a name-engraved firearm. Global Affairs Canada says the RCMP is having the weapon decommissioned so it no longer fires and [] The post PM Carney gifted pistol by Turkey’s president at NATO appeared first on Loonie Politics.

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Nato leaders discussed security in Turkiye, got revolvers as return gift

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gave every NATO leader a .357 magnum revolver at the end of the summit in Ankara — a gift Prime Minister Mark Carney says was not what I expected.

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PM Carney is gifted a pistol by Turkey's president at NATO

Prime Minister Mark Carney was gifted a personalized pistol and ammunition by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO summit.

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Turkish President Erdogan gave NATO leaders personalized, loaded revolvers as parting gifts, one of which Belgium's PM unknowingly brought home.

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Erdogan’s Parting Shot: NATO Leaders Leave Ankara Summit Each Carrying a Personal Revolver

Turkish President Erdogan marked the end of NATO's Ankara summit by gifting every attending leader a personalized revolver loaded with live ammunition. Western leaders scrambled to navigate import laws, with Starmer leaving his gun in Turkey and Carney handing his to the RCMP.

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Turkish president gifts personalized guns to Carney, other NATO leaders

A placard in the gift box says this was the first type of revolver manufactured in Turkey in the 1990s and that the commemorative firearms were made by Turkish firm MKE.

Erdogan Gifts Engraved Revolvers to NATO Leaders

Footage released by the Lithuanian Presidency shows the engraved revolvers that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gifted to NATO leaders following the alliance summit in Ankara. The recipients included Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever. The unusual gifts drew attention across several delegations.

Erdoğan tramples on EU values, and von der Leyen thanks him

Ursula von der Leyen ‘thanked’ Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for giving her a revolver — as he did with all the other leaders — at the end of the NATO summit in Ankara. Not an antique revolver that might recall the struggle for independence, still a weapon, an inherently troubling object, but one that may []

Carney joins Starmer in giving up pistol gifted at NATO summit

Prime Minister Mark Carney turned over a personalized pistol presented by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the RCMP after receiving the gift during this week’s NATO summit in Ankara, Türkiye.

Erdogan gifts NATO leaders engraved revolvers with live ammunition

NATO’s leaders left the Ankara summit with guns and live ammunition gifted to them by Turkiye’s President.

[Photo] Belgian PM Bart De Wever unknowingly brought home a loaded, personalized revolver gift [...]

Belgian PM Bart De Wever unknowingly brought home a loaded, personalized revolver gifted by Turkish President Erdogan at the NATO summit. The gift wasn't opened until the delegation landed in Belgium, where they discovered the gun and ammunition. The weapon was immediately handed over to airport police, and its fate is still undecided.Source: 7sur7

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When NATO leaders arrived in Ankara for their annual summit this week, they would be meeting in a country whose strategic importance is unquestioned, but whose democratic foundations are fracturing. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has governed Turkey for more than two decades — longer than any elected leader in the history of the Turkish Republic. Today, Turkey stands at an inflection point. Given the country’s increasingly centralized and personalistic rule since 2003, the question is no longer whether ch

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Erdogan’s pistol diplomacy stuns NATO

Belgium’s prime minister was a little surprised on landing back home from Wednesday’s NATO summit in Turkey to find that he had a handgun and ammunition in his luggage. After NATO leaders gathered for Wednesday’s fractious summit in Ankara, their host, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ‌handed each an unusual parting gift: a vintage revolver, [] The post Erdogan’s pistol diplomacy stuns NATO appeared first on Egyptian Gazette.

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President Donald Trump’s decision to attend next week’s NATO summit in Turkey underscores Ankara’s growing importance within the alliance, even as long-standing disagreements over Russia, defense policy, and democracy remain unresolved. Trump has repeatedly emphasized that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s personal invitation was the deciding factor in his attendance at the summit in Ankara. []...Click to read more

Nato Summit: Alliance Unveils Major Defence Deals as Türkiye Pushes for Peace

Nato leaders wrapped up their summit in Ankara with billions of dollars in new defence deals, fresh commitments to Ukraine, and a renewed focus on military readiness. Türkiye also used the summit to call for diplomacy in Ukraine and urged allies to support a two-state solution for Palestine. Hasan Abdullah reports from Ankara.

Trump Praises Turkey’s Erdogan For His Friendship, Highlighting Frustration With Allies

WASHINGTON — The only reason President Donald Trump is in Ankara, Turkey, for the NATO summit is his friendship with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. That’s according to the president himself, who told reporters ahead of his visit, “If the summit was not taking place in Türkiye, I don’t think I would have gone to ...

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