According to the Anadolu Agency, nearly 3,000 journalists, television crews, photographers, digital media representatives, and international broadcasters from around the world have applied for accreditation to cover the summit.
A total of 56,288 security personnel will be deployed during the event, including 48,841 police officers and 7,447 gendarmerie officers. An additional 639 personnel will conduct round-the-clock cyber patrols to combat cybercrime and security threats.
Participants will be served through three airports: Ankara-Esenboğa Airport, Murted Air Base, and a third airport designated specifically for the summit.
The summit will be held in accordance with NATO Secretariat protocols and standards. The leaders’ meeting will take place behind closed doors, subject to NATO confidentiality rules.
Media access will be limited to the first few minutes of the meeting, when NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is expected to deliver a brief address outlining the summit’s agenda and key topics for discussion.
The Communications Directorate of the Turkish Presidency has established a special NATO task force to oversee media operations, accreditation procedures, public diplomacy activities, and crisis communications during the summit.
The state-run television and radio broadcaster TRT will provide global coverage of the summit using 80 cameras installed at 26 locations.
U.S. President Donald Trump, speaking at the White House alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, said he might have skipped the NATO summit in Ankara, but would attend the meeting out of respect for Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“I don’t think I would have gone there,” Trump said, as quoted by the Financial Times, adding that the Turkish leader had personally called him and asked him to attend the meeting.
