Erdoğan Surprises NATO Leaders with Live-Ammunition Revolvers as Farewell Gift
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan raised eyebrows at a NATO summit by presenting fellow alliance leaders with an unusual parting gift: a historic revolver loaded with live ammunition. Slovak President Peter Pellegrini, who received one of the weapons, said he intends to bring the revolver back to Slovakia and even plans to test-fire it. The unconventional diplomatic gesture stood out at what are typically formal multilateral gatherings, where gift exchanges tend to be symbolic and ceremonial rather than functional. Pellegrini's lighthearted response to the gift drew additional attention to the episode.