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Was Erdoğan's gun gift a faux pas or an old-school diplomatic tradition?

When NATO leaders opened their gift boxes from the Turkish president and found a .357 Magnum revolver, some panicked and others laughed.
10 de julho de 2026 por
Was Erdoğan's gun gift a faux pas or an old-school diplomatic tradition?
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When NATO leaders opened their gift boxes from the Turkish president and found a .357 Magnum revolver, some panicked and others laughed.

When NATO leaders opened their gift boxes from the Turkish president and found a .357 Magnum revolver, some panicked and others laughed. But gifting heads of state lavish, personalised firearms is a tradition as old as Samuel Colt — and as recent as a Czech pistol presented to Trump in 2019.

Read the full original article: http://www.euronews.com/2026/07/10/was-erdogans-gun-gift-a-faux-pas-or-an-old-school-diplomatic-tradition

Sources: euronews_world

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