ISTANBUL

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced Tuesday that Türkiye will host the 2026 NATO Summit on July 7-8 in Ankara.

"NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced today that the 2026 NATO Summit will be held on 7 and 8 July 2026 at the Bestepe Presidential Compound (Külliye) in Ankara, Türkiye," the alliance announced in a written statement.

In the statement, Rutte thanked Türkiye for hosting the next summit.

“I want to thank Türkiye for hosting this important meeting. Türkiye has been a strong NATO ally for more than 70 years, making invaluable contributions to our shared security. At our next summit, leaders will continue to make NATO a stronger, fairer and more lethal alliance, ready to respond to the critical challenges to our security," he said.

The 2025 NATO Summit took place in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 24–25 where the member states pledged to allocate 5% of GDP annually by 2035 to meet both core defense requirements and broader security needs.