ANKARA, TÜRKİYE (JUNE 2, 2025) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL) SHOTLIST 1. TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN SPEAKING (Turkish)ANKARA, TÜRKİYE - JUNE 2, 2025: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday offered to hold a summit involving the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, as well as the US, turning Istanbul into a "center of peace." Speaking after a cabinet meeting, Erdogan said his “greatest wish" is to bring Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy together in Istanbul or Ankara. "I would even like to bring [US President Donald] Trump along,” he underlined, as Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in Istanbul for a second round of negotiations. Erdogan announced that in the event of leaders coming together in Türkiye, he “will also meet with them at this meeting so that we can turn Istanbul into a center of peace.” He hailed Monday's talks as a “significant achievement” despite Sunday’s incident in Russia, which involved a massive overnight air attack by Ukraine using 162 drones, targeting more than 40 Russian military aircraft — including A-50, Tu-95, and Tu-22M3 heavy bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons. - Developments in Syria “As Syria achieves stability and peace, we believe that all its neighbors and all countries in the region will benefit from it,” Erdogan said, expressing pleasure with the decision of European countries to lift sanctions on Syria. The Turkish president also announced that alongside Turkish company AJet’s operation of regular flights to Syria, Syrian Airlines will soon begin flights to Türkiye.