Turkey Deploys 70,000 Personnel for July 7-8 NATO Summit as Ankara Gets Facelift
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 19
Turkey Deploys 70,000 Personnel for July 7-8 NATO Summit as Ankara Gets Facelift
2 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 19
Summary
About 70,000 police and gendarmerie personnel will be deployed in Ankara for the NATO summit on July 7-8, in what sources said will be one of the alliance's biggest-ever summit security operations.
Turkey is pairing that security buildup with a cosmetic overhaul of the capital, with fresh paint and roses used to spruce up Ankara before leaders arrive.
The scale of the operation underscores Ankara's effort to secure and showcase the host city ahead of a high-profile NATO gathering next month.