PoliticsNovember 12, 2026
Erdoğan meets UN Secretary-General António Guterres, in Antalya for COP31

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met UN Secretary-General António Guterres in Antalya on 10 November. Emine Erdoğan, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change Murat Kurum and Health Minister Kemal Memişoğlu also took part.
The next day, 11 November, Erdoğan and Guterres welcomed the arriving heads of state together. Before the summit the two planted an olive sapling at the venue as part of a tree-planting event held at the same time in all 81 provinces for Türkiye's National Forestation Day.
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