“Masquerade” Resumes at the Palace Yard

President Erdoğan received Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday at the new presidential palace in Ankara. 

A reception ceremony has been held in the palace yard with 16 staff that dressed in the military uniforms of historical Turkish states and an anthem called “Resurrection”. 

Known as an ancient Turkic anthem, the song appeared on TRT 1’s TV Show Diriliş Ertuğrul previously. 

On Monday, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Palestine leader Mahmoud Abbas with 16 staff that dressed in the military uniforms of historical Turkish states. Due to the extremely cold weather, the ceremony was held indoors. 

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