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NATO Summit Gifts Prompt Security Checks as Leaders Surrender Engraved Revolvers

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives each NATO leader a custom-engraved Sarsilmaz SR 38 revolver with six live bullets, creating immediate security and legal headaches.Delegations confront differing national firearms and transport rules: some leaders leave the weapons in Turkey, others surrender them to airport police or security teams, and Ursula von der Leyen plans to render hers inoperable and donate it to a military museum.Belgian authorities are evaluating a revolver surrendered by Bart De Wever, Turkish officials decline to comment, and the incident complicates summit talks about Ukraine, Iran and relations with former US President Donald Trump.
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