As part of the 36th NATO Summit to be held in Ankara, Türkiye will host the heads of state and government of 32 NATO member countries, as well as numerous invited leaders, nearly 100 ministers, many senior diplomats, representatives of international organisations, and thousands of foreign guests.
On 7–8 July, Türkiye will host the heads of state and government of 32 NATO member countries, as well as numerous invited leaders, nearly 100 ministers, many senior diplomats, representatives of international organisations, and thousands of foreign guests. Around 3,000 journalists, television crews, photojournalists, digital media representatives and international broadcasting organisations from around the world have applied for accreditation for the summit, where a total of 56,288 security personnel will be deployed, including 48,841 police officers and 7,447 gendarmerie personnel.
Within the scope of the summit, three airports – Ankara, Esenboğa and Mürted – will serve participants. The summit will be organised within a standard framework set by the NATO Secretariat. The leaders’ meeting will be held entirely in closed session and conducted in a NATO-level classified format.
Only brief footage will be allowed for the press at the opening stage of the meeting. In this section, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will make a short statement on behalf of the Alliance, outlining the agenda of the summit, the topics to be discussed, and the current situation.
Activities of the Directorate of Communications
The Directorate of Communications has established a NATO task force to carry out media and broadcasting activities, accreditation processes, promotional activities, crisis communication, and public diplomacy practices within the scope of the 36th NATO Summit.
In this context, a total of 850 personnel, including TRT staff, will be on duty. Of these, 500 will be assigned at the summit venues, while 350 will support side events and crisis communication activities.
TRT, which will operate under the coordination and responsibility of the Directorate of Communications, will provide live global coverage of the Summit from 26 locations using 80 cameras.
At the Media Centre established within the Nation’s Library, approximately 1,600 workstations for members of the press, nearly 100 live broadcast positions—54 of them fixed—interview areas, studios, press mult-boxes, wayfinding signage, 40 editing rooms, announcement and broadcast screens, as well as all related planning and infrastructure works, were implemented in cooperation with the Presidency’s Directorate of Administrative Affairs.
During summit week in Ankara, promotional activities will be carried out under four concepts at 4,434 open-air communication points across the city. Within the framework of the summit, the programme titled "NATO Allies in Ankara" will be organised on 7-8 July at Ankara Palas in cooperation with the Munich Security Conference and the Foundation for Political, Economic, and Social Research (SETA).
Three new books will be prepared for presentation as gifts to leaders attending the summit and for distribution to members of the media, diplomats, and senior civilian and military state officials.
Side events to be held on the margins of the summit
Many side events will also be organised on the sidelines of the 36th NATO Summit. In this context, the NATO Parliamentary Summit will be held at Dolmabahçe Palace on 28-29 June. Furthermore, an informal reception for the allied permanent representatives and ambassadors in Ankara and the SAM-Chatham House Workshop on 6 July; the panel series titled "NATO Ankara Summit Dialogues" on 7 July; and the event titled "Allies at Ankara" organised by SETA-MSC and the Transatlantic Policy Planners Roundtable Meeting on 7-8 July will also take place.