09.07.2026 23:20
Foreign media representatives following the historic NATO Leaders Summit held in Ankara admired and shared the Turkish cuisine table prepared for them at the International Media Center. At the center, where approximately 2,500 journalists worked, traditional soups from Turkey's seven regions, rich breakfast items, kebabs, local appetizers, and sherbet desserts were presented to the world press.
The International Media Center established at the Presidential National Library for journalists covering the historic NATO Leaders' Summit held in Ankara became the heart of the world press throughout the summit.
MASSIVE WORK COMPLEX
A massive work complex was prepared for approximately 2,500 local and foreign journalists who came to the capital to closely follow the global summit. To enable uninterrupted work for press members, the center offered 1,800 workstations, 40 editing rooms, over 100 live broadcast points, a large press conference hall, and 10 briefing rooms.
FOREIGN PRESS MEMBERS ADMIRED THE TURKISH TABLE
Foreign journalists in Ankara to convey the summit's intense agenda to the world public expressed their admiration by filming the massive Turkish table set up for them and sharing it.
In social media posts that garnered great attention, the richness of Turkish cuisine and hospitality were highlighted. The wide geographical selection, ranging from Hatay's crushed olives to Kars's gruyere, Trabzon's butter to the Aegean's olive oil dishes, received full marks from foreign journalists.