President Erhürman attends the COP31 Leaders' Summit in Antalya and holds brief talks with Ilham Aliyev

Tufan Erhürman, President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, attended the opening of the Leaders' Summit of the UN climate conference COP31 in Antalya on 11 November. He had arrived on the evening of 10 November with his wife Nilden Bektaş Erhürman at the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and was given an official welcome.

According to BRT, Erhürman held brief talks on the sidelines with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, the Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.

Erdoğan and Guterres greeted the leaders at the opening, and group and family photographs were taken. Erhürman is expected back in Northern Cyprus on 12 November. Prime Minister Ünal Üstel was also in Antalya and, after meeting Vice President Yılmaz, said the TRNC would keep working in solidarity with Türkiye.