The event gathered prominent participants, including Türkiye’s Family and Social Services Minister Mahinur Ozdemir Goktas and Environment, Urbanisation, and Climate Change Minister Murat Kurum as part of the forum.
Also attending were Azerbaijan’s First Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva, as well as spouses of senior political leaders from several countries, including the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Palestine’s Ambassador to Ankara Nasri Abu Jaish, and UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Violence Against Children Najat Maalla M’jid, were among international attendees.
Former leaders such as Croatia’s Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and Kyrgyzstan’s Roza Otunbayeva also took part, alongside Leyla Aliyeva, daughter of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
World leaders and senior government officials are meeting in Türkiye through Sunday for the forum, a major international gathering in the southern Mediterranean city focused this year on managing global uncertainty.
The forum, held under the auspices of President Erdogan and hosted by the Turkish Foreign Ministry, is centred on the theme “Mapping Tomorrow, Managing Uncertainties.”