NATO leaders receive personalized pistols as gifts after Ankara summit
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan offered a pistol as a gift to each of his fellow leaders who attended this week’s NATO summit in the capital Ankara, leaders and media outlets reported on July 8.
Following the high-level summit hosted in the Turkish capital on July 7-8, Erdoğan gave each participating head of state and government a high-end ceremonial revolver engraved with the recipient’s name, accompanied by a box of ammunition and a signed authorization letter permitting the weapon to be exported from Türkiye.
The leaders also received a copy of Erdoğan’s English-language biography, accompanied by a personally signed letter.
According to European media reports, the limited-edition revolvers are considered highly valuable ceremonial items and are therefore expected to be transferred to official state collections or displayed in museums rather than retained as the personal property of the recipients.
