UN Erdogan gifts every NATO leader an engraved revolver and a box of live ammunition - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who disclosed the gesture to journalists on the flight home, was unable to bring his back to Britain, where importing the weapon would be illegal.

A Sarsilmaz SR 38 revolver, made in Türkiye, pictured with ammunition, accessed on July 8, 2026.
(Photo via Sarsilmaz)

Erdogan presented every NATO leader attending the Ankara summit with a surprising choice of gift: a revolver engraved with their name and a box of live rounds.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who disclosed the gesture to journalists on the flight home, was unable to bring his back to Britain, where importing the weapon would be illegal.

His revolver stays in Ankara, to be decommissioned, despite Erdogan having provided a personal note waiving Türkiye's export controls.

Starmer shared the detail with reporters on the flight home from Ankara, describing the revolvers as a surprising choice from the Turkish president.

Erdogan also supplied each leader with a note personally waiving Türkiye's export controls on the weapon, an unusual step that nonetheless could not resolve the legal situation Starmer faced upon return to Britain.

It is not clear whether other NATO leaders faced similar obstacles to bringing their weapons home.

Starmer's situation was specific to British firearms law, which has imposed strict controls on the import and private possession of handguns since the Dunblane massacre of 1996 prompted a near-total ban.

The Ankara summit and Erdogan as host​

The gifts were presented on the margins of the 36th NATO Summit, held July 7-8 at Türkiye's Presidential Complex in Ankara, the first NATO summit hosted by Türkiye since Istanbul in 2004.

Erdogan and First Lady Emine Erdogan personally welcomed alliance leaders at the complex, hosting a reception and state dinner on the opening evening.

The summit itself was dominated by questions of defence spending, support for Ukraine, and the prospect of renewed American arms sales to Ankara, including a potential reversal of the longstanding ban on F-35 fighter jet sales to Türkiye.

Erdogan's written waiver of Türkiye's export controls showed an apparent awareness that the weapons might encounter scrutiny at borders.

For Starmer, the note resolved only the Turkish side of the equation. British law was not so easily waived.

The prime minister returned home without the revolver. It will be decommissioned in Türkiye, leaving Starmer with the story, and not the gun.

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[Wiggerlicious]

Low-iq and unimaginative, more like. I'm sure there were completely legal ways for him to gracefully accept the gun, take it back to the UK and stick it in some museum or dispose of it properly in some other decent way. Accept, turn over to his own security detail to secure and take back to UK, write a letter to the military exaplining the gun's origin and meaning and requesting its addition to whatever military-adjacent museum's collection. Something like that. I'm sure one of his aides or other companions knew something that could've been done in that scenario, or could've quickly hashed that shit out with London right then and there. He's the PM ffs. He just couldn't, or didn't want to, figure that shit out.

He was stuck between a rock and a hard place. He could either take the gun and be lampooned as a hypocrite because of his gun control policy, or leave the gun and look like a low-test bitch. Honestly masterful trolling on Erdogan's part.

 

[Pentex]

If Starmer were a true patriot, he would have washed his mouth out with his revolver.

 

[<3 norafawn]

Based! Starmer's a pussy. Am sure President Trump is bringing his home.

He can’t. The fat orange nigger is a felon LMAO

 

[SwiftBucks]

Aw man what a cute gesture

 

[Divine right to rule]

That's cooler than the normal, gayer gifts of state I guess.

Sweden can gift him a black dildo in return and Britain a Sikh Knoife still wet with the blood of Britains.

 

[Disdainer of the Plebs]

I can think of no world leader as contemptible, craven, homosexual and smarmy as Kier Starmer.

I would say he should have loaded it, pointed it at his crotch and pulled the trigger but we all know he has no penis to shoot off.

 

[Chunky Salsa]

I can think of no world leader as contemptible, craven homosexual and smarmy as Kier Starmer.

Andy Burnham is the next guy coming up; and he's even gayer, even more smarmy, and even more contemptible!

 

[Disdainer of the Plebs]

Andy Burnham is the next guy coming up; and he's even gayer, even more smarmy, and even more contemptible!

How is such a thing even possible? I know Britain’s new national motto is “And then it got worse…” but it’s hard to imagine it’s possible to be worse.

 

[Dante Alighieri]

He can’t. The fat orange nigger is a felon LMAO

Whether he would or not has nothing to do with the bullshit felony

 

[Chunky Salsa]

How is such a thing even possible? I know Britain’s new national motto is “And then it got worse…” but it’s hard to imagine it’s possible to be worse.

He's the worlds first fully male lesbian. Genetically engineered to be a global faggot, he just looks weak and pathetic.

 

[Snekposter]

He's the worlds first fully male lesbian. Genetically engineered to be a global faggot, he just looks weak and pathetic.

He also somehow looks like a close relative of Queer Starmer. Its horrifyingly uncanny.

 

[James X Maxwell]

How is such a thing even possible? I know Britain’s new national motto is “And then it got worse…” but it’s hard to imagine it’s possible to be worse.

Britain has decided to become a theme park for boatwogs and pensioners

 

[oldTireWater]

My father once went into the office early on April 1st. He left a spud gun (the little ones, not potato cannons) and a potato on every desk, then left. Apparently it got so chaotic that the boss had to send everyone home early.

It was worth a shot Erdogan.

 

[Fatsuit Shinji]

Considering it was made by roaches there's a 50/50 chance it grenades itself even if they try and use it properly. Wikipedia calls the SR 38 a S&W clone but it looks more like a Taurus clone. And I can't imagine a Turk-made knockoff of a Taurus piece somehow being safe to shoot.

The Turks are muslim roaches, but they don't fuck around when making guns, military hardware and ammunition. Particularly with gun owning and buying American shekels are on the table.

 

[millais]

Sarsilmaz vs Canik. Turkroach handgun dilemma.

 

[quaawaa]

Jonathan Ferguson is shaking his fist.

 

[DickMain]

Two-tier Keir's wife said no

 

[._.]

Any of the world leaders bitching about how its gauche and irresponsible and guns are bad and blahblah--just give the guns and bullets to me. Tell them all Ill take them, this shit sounds cool as hell. I want a (probably shitty and cheap) engraved show revolver and bullets from the president of some country.

 

[Maratus volans]

Erdogan telling nato leaders to kill themselves was not in 2026 bingo card

Between this and refusing to let the gay cruise ship dock, if the roaches keep this up I might be forced to develop a sense of grudging respect for them.

 

[Korpon]

Just when I thought Starmer couldn't be anymore cucked, he continues to bewilder me