NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) greet Montenegro's Prime Minister Milojko Spajic during the NATO Summit at Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. The summit comes at a fraught time for the 77-year-old transatlantic alliance, with the US President demanding members make good on a pledge to ramp up defence spending as Washington takes a step back from Europe. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte (L) and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) greet Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis during the NATO Summit at Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. The summit comes at a fraught time for the 77-year-old transatlantic alliance, with the US President demanding members make good on a pledge to ramp up defence spending as Washington takes a step back from Europe. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) greets France's President Emmanuel Macron during the NATO Summit at Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. The summit comes at a fraught time for the 77-year-old transatlantic alliance, with the US President demanding members make good on a pledge to ramp up defence spending as Washington takes a step back from Europe. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) greets France's President Emmanuel Macron during the NATO Summit at Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. The summit comes at a fraught time for the 77-year-old transatlantic alliance, with the US President demanding members make good on a pledge to ramp up defence spending as Washington takes a step back from Europe. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) greets France's President Emmanuel Macron during the NATO Summit at Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. The summit comes at a fraught time for the 77-year-old transatlantic alliance, with the US President demanding members make good on a pledge to ramp up defence spending as Washington takes a step back from Europe. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greet France's President Emmanuel Macron during the NATO Summit at Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. The summit comes at a fraught time for the 77-year-old transatlantic alliance, with the US President demanding members make good on a pledge to ramp up defence spending as Washington takes a step back from Europe. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greet France's President Emmanuel Macron during the NATO Summit at Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. The summit comes at a fraught time for the 77-year-old transatlantic alliance, with the US President demanding members make good on a pledge to ramp up defence spending as Washington takes a step back from Europe. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greet France's President Emmanuel Macron during the NATO Summit at Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, Turkey, July 8, 2026. The summit comes at a fraught time for the 77-year-old transatlantic alliance, with the US President demanding members make good on a pledge to ramp up defence spending as Washington takes a step back from Europe. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)