NATO Lawmakers to Meet in Istanbul Before Ankara Leaders' Summit

By Bosphorus News Geopolitics Desk

Türkiye will host NATO parliamentary leaders in Istanbul on June 28-29, adding a legislative and defense-industry channel before the July 7-8 NATO leaders' summit in Ankara.

Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş will host the NATO Parliamentary Summit, which is expected to bring together speakers of parliament, delegation heads from allied countries and NATO Parliamentary Assembly President Marcos Perestrello.

The meeting will be held at Dolmabahçe Palace on June 29 after an opening event the previous day. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is expected to address participants during an official lunch, the Turkish Parliament said.

The programme also includes a planned visit to Baykar's National Technology Center, placing Türkiye's defense industry inside the wider NATO summit calendar before leaders gather in Ankara.

The Istanbul meeting also gives Türkiye a parliamentary channel for issues that will sit behind the leaders' summit, including Ukraine, Black Sea security, defense spending and Türkiye's place in NATO's industrial base.

The parliamentary summit gives Türkiye a second NATO stage in the same cycle, moving allied attention from Istanbul's legislative diplomacy to Ankara's leaders' meeting less than two weeks later.

Sources: Turkish Parliament, Anadolu Agency, Bosphorus News review and reporting.