The 4th 'Antalya Diplomacy Forum (ADF) 2025', held in Antalya this year with the theme of 'Taking Ownership of Diplomacy in a Separating World', has started at the NEST Congress Center in the Belek tourism region. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who will officially open the congress, arrived in Antalya last night.

ADF-2025, which is being held for the 4th time this year in the city and whose theme is determined as 'Taking Ownership of Diplomacy in a Separating World', is attended by more than 4,000 people, including presidents, prime ministers, ministers of foreign affairs, numerous high-level ministers and state administrators from many countries, and managers of many regional and international organizations.

The official opening of ADF will be made at 15.00 with the opening speeches of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan. President Erdoğan and his wife Emine Erdoğan arrived in Antalya last night. President Erdoğan and his wife Emine Erdoğan were welcomed at Antalya Airport by Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu and Antalya Governor Hulusi Şahin and his wife Ebru Şahin.

In the 'Diplomacy Tunnel', which is set up every year at ADF-2025, there are visuals including photographs related to events such as Israel's massacres in Gaza and the Ukraine-Russia War this year, and there is also the African Culture House stand. At ADF-2025, which is attended by more than 4,000 people, including more than 20 heads of state and government, more than 70 ministers, including more than 50 foreign ministers, and approximately 60 senior representatives of international organizations, as well as students, many international problems will be discussed.

NAMES WHO CAME TO ANTALYA

Among the names who came to the city for the forum are Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Syrian President Ahmed Şara, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova Dorin Recean, President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Ersin Tatar, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, Montenegrin President Jakov Milatovıc, Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio, former Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kıtarovic, Prime Minister of Punjab Province of Pakistan Maryam Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, President of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, President of Guinea Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embaló, TRNC Prime Minister Ünal Üstel, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmanı-Sadriu, Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rossen Dimitrov Jelıazkov, Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz, Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş, Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek, Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum, Minister of National Defense Yaşar Güler, Minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu, Minister of Interior Ali Yerlikaya, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı, Minister of Health Kemal Memişoğlu, Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak, Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat, Minister of National Education Yusuf Tekin, Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Mathias Cormann, Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly of Turkic-Speaking Countries (TURKPA) Mehmet Süreyya Er, Secretary General of the Council of Europe Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Hissein Brahim Taha, Secretary General of the D-8 Economic Cooperation Organization Isiaka Abdulqadir Imam, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay, and Head of the Council of Elders of the Organization of Turkish States Binali Yıldırım.