Turkish president gives Nato leaders engraved guns and bullets at summit

Keir Starmer revealed Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s strange choice of gift on the flight back from Ankara What does a world leader do with a gun and six bullets? That was the conundrum Nato leaders faced after the Turkish president offered them each a revolver after the Ankara summit. Keir Starmer was the first to mention the highly unusual gift presented by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to his guests. On the flight back from Ankara, where Nato leaders had gathered for two days, the British prime minister sa...

By Agence France-Presse in Brussels

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.

Turkish president’s ‘unusual’ gift to Nato leaders: 1 revolver, 6 bullets

What does a world leader do with a gun and six bullets? That was the conundrum Nato leaders faced after the Turkish president offered them each a revolver after the Ankara summit. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was the first on Wednesday to mention the highly unusual gift presented by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to his guests. On the flight back from Ankara – where Nato leaders had gathered for two days – Starmer said he and others received a revolver engraved with their name. Alongsi...

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Turkey: Erdogan gives NATO leaders pistols with ammunition after summit

NATO leaders received a vintage revolver, along with a box of ammunition, from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after Wednesday's summit in Ankara.

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The engraved firearms were accompanied by live ammunition and a cleaning kit

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Turkey's Erdogan gives Nato leaders revolver conundrum after summit

Belgium’s prime minister was a little surprised on landing back home from Wednesday’s North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (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, along with live ammunition indicating it was not just for show. Erdogan wanted to showcase Turkey’s defence in...

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One revolver, six bullets: Turkish president's 'unusual' gift to NATO leaders

The gifts surprised officials, with security teams left to decide how to handle the guns and ammunition.

Turkey Gives NATO Leaders Revolvers With Live Ammo, Much To Belgium's Surprise

NATO is getting dicey nowadays ... Turkey's president gave every world leader at the summit custom revolvers ... but some of heads of state were completely unaware the guns came with live ammunition!!! Here's the deal ... Turkish President Recep…

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Erdogan gifted NATO leaders revolvers engraved with their names, loaded with live ammunition –

The unusual parting gift, engraved with each leader's name and complete with live ammunition and a cleaning kit, has left European officials scrambling over protocol. Recipients including Ursula von der Leyen and António Costa now face strict EU rules on accepting valuables, meaning most are expected to have their weapons deactivated and stored rather than keep them The post Erdogan gifted NATO leaders revolvers engraved with their names, loaded with live ammunition – appeared first on ProtoT...

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Iceland’s Prime Minister Receives Engraved Pistol from Erdoğan

Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir received a pistol as a gift from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a NATO leaders’ summit held in Ankara on 7 and 8 July 2026. According to Ólafur Kjaran Árnason, Kristrún’s aide, the firearm has been sent to Turkey’s embassy responsible for Iceland, which is based in Oslo, where it… The post Iceland’s Prime Minister Receives Engraved Pistol from Erdoğan appeared first on Iceland Review.

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