Turkey's Erdogan gifted NATO leaders an engraved revolver each

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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

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

Newly released footage shows revolver gifted by Erdogan to NATO leaders

Images shared by the Lithuanian Presidency show a revolver given by Turkey's Erdogan to every NATO leader as a parting gift after the summit in Ankara. Each leader received a box containing a revolver engraved with their name, six bullets and a note exempting the weapons from export control.

Guns for NATO leaders, Erdogan’s gift to summit attendees

ALBAWABA - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gifts pistols, specifically revolvers, to NATO leaders during Ankara summit...

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.

Erdogan's Bizarre NATO Gift: Loaded, Personalized Revolvers, Belgium's PM Accidentally Brings His Home

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

[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

Trump should never trust Erdogan again

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Can Trump’s NATO visit reset U.S.-Turkey ties?

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Turkish delight: Trump revels in Erdogan's lavish welcome

From Ottoman warriors in suits of armour to a marble palace and fighter jets, US President Donald Trump got the kind of welcome he loves in Turkey on Tuesday.World leaders seeking to woo the unpredictable Trump have learned that nothing impresses the 80-year-old more than an arrival fit for a king.And Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan knows it better than most.The two ageing leaders share a taste for both lavish presidential architecture and an autocratic style of government, and their bromance was on full display when Trump arrived in Ankara for a NATO summit.

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.

Trump seeks to enforce spending promises at NATO summit

US President Donald Trump heads to Ankara, Turkey, on Monday evening for the annual NATO summit. Last year, he pushed alliance allies to spend more on defense. This year, his mission is to try to enforce those pledges. (AP Video: Nathan Ellgren) #trump #nato #news Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

Erdoğan takes the stage as NATO’s Trump whisperer

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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.

NATO diplomats stress importance of ‘unity, solidarity’ ahead of Ankara summit

Foreign mission representatives of NATO member countries in Ankara also highlight Türkiye’s importance in alliance

NATO summit underscores Türkiye's expanding strategic value

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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 []

US President Donald Trump arrives in Ankara for 2026 NATO Summit

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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.

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

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

[Video] NOW - Trump lands in Turkey for the NATO summit and is greeted by President Erdogan.

NOW - Trump lands in Turkey for the NATO summit and is greeted by President Erdogan.@disclosetv

Trump’s visit a win for Turkey’s Erdogan, NATO tensions aside

Trump’s visit a win for Turkey’s Erdogan, NATO tensions aside

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 ...

Trump Puts Turkey at Center of NATO Summit

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

Europe is building the Nato Trump wanted – at its own cost

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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.

Trump won spending promises from NATO last year. This week, he'll try to enforce them

President Donald Trump is heading to Ankara, Turkey, for the annual NATO summit. Last year, he pushed NATO allies to spend more on defense. This year, his mission is to try to enforce those pledges.

[Ozgur Ozel] The Turkey NATO needs

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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