The ceremony also witnessed the attendance of key figures such as Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States Kubanychbek Ömuraliyev, Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Huseyin Ibrahim Taha, Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Viktorovich Volodin, Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China Ding Zhongli, Presidential Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina President Jelka Sviyanovic, Council Members Jelko Komşiç and Denis Beçirovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina Serb Entity President Milorad Dodik, former German President Christian Wulff, former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, former TRNC President Derviş Eroğlu, former Bosnia and Herzegovina Presidential Council member Bakir Izetbegovic, and former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt.
Throughout the year, President Erdoğan engaged in diplomatic meetings, hosting United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani in June. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Algerian Democratic People's Republic President Abdulmecid Tebbun, and Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas were among the leaders hosted in July.
In September, Erdoğan welcomed Sudanese Sovereignty Council President General Abdülfettah al-Burhan and the United Kingdom's Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh. The following month, Serbian Member of the Presidency Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina Zeljka Cvijanovic, along with Milorad Dodik, President of the Republika Srpska (RS), Austrian Prime Minister Karl Nehammer, Union of Comoros President Assoumani Azali, Malaysian Prime Minister Enver Ibrahim, Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, and Federal Republic of Somalia President Hasan Sheikh Mahmud visited.
In November, Erdoğan met with Lebanese Prime Minister Necib Mikati, and in December, he engaged with Maldives President Mohammed Muizzu, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, and Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu.
