Turkey's Hakan Fidan to Join Paris Ukraine Summit ahead of Ankara NATO Meeting

Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will travel to Paris to represent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Ukraine‑focused Volunteers Coalition Leaders Summit. The talks are expected to cover increased defence‑industry mobilisation for Ukraine, Turkey’s stance on the Russia‑Ukraine war and preparations for renewed negotiations with Moscow.

The 36th NATO Summit was hosted in Ankara on 7‑8 July 2026, which Fidan described as a historic gathering. Delegates debated NATO’s future, burden‑sharing and the growing role of defence industries, with Turkey positioning itself as a key contributor to collective security.

Youth and Sports Minister Osman Aşkın Bak highlighted that Turkey’s defence‑industry share has risen to the mid‑80 percent range and that the country is completing a “sports‑facility revolution” and a 1 million‑bed student‑housing programme, tying these achievements to the summit’s outcomes. AKP deputy Hüseyin Yayman called the summit a sign of Turkey’s emergence on the global stage.

HÜDA PAR criticised the summit’s final communiqué for omitting any reference to Gaza, accusing NATO of double standards and warning that the alliance’s focus on weapon‑stockpiling could exacerbate conflicts.