President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on the sidelines of NATO's 36th Summit of Heads of State and Government.
The bilateral meeting held on Wednesday as part of the summit at the Presidential Complex in Ankara was closed to the press.

President Erdoğan was accompanied at the meeting by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, National Defense Minister Yaşar Güler, and AK Party Deputy Chairman and Party Spokesperson Ömer Çelik.
Also present at the meeting were Presidential Communications Director Burhanettin Duran and Chief Foreign Policy and Security Advisor to the President Akif Çağatay Kılıç.
NATO Summit in Ankara
Following the 2004 Istanbul Summit, Türkiye hosted NATO leaders for the second time. The summit, which lasted Tuesday and Wednesday, holds particular significance due to the challenges facing the alliance and the global security system.