Turkish president gives Nato leaders engraved guns and bullets at summit
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan gifted Nato leaders engraved Magnum revolvers and live ammunition during a summit in Ankara. The unusual gesture caused confusion and security concerns among several delegations, with some leaders opting to hand the weapons over to police.
Each gun was engraved with the recipient’s name (in this case, that of the Lithuanian president, Gitanas Nausėda), and came with six live bullets. Photograph: Eitvydas Kinaitis/Office of the Lithuanian President/AFP/Getty Images Each gun was engraved with the recipient’s name (in this case, that of the Lithuanian president, Gitanas Nausėda), and came with six live bullets. Photograph: Eitvydas Kinaitis/Office of the Lithuanian President/AFP/Getty Images Nato 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
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