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Title: Was Erdo?an's gun gift a faux pas or an old-school diplomatic tradition?
Post by: raf on July 10, 2026, 06:21:47 PM

Was Erdo?an'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. 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.
Source: Was Erdo?an's gun gift a faux pas or an old-school diplomatic tradition? (http://www.euronews.com/2026/07/10/was-erdogans-gun-gift-a-faux-pas-or-an-old-school-diplomatic-tradition)