The meeting had more than 200 members of the media present, crowding the massive press center provided to them. The Turkish media called it a “massive surprise” that Erdogan brought a number of ministers along with him, including Minister of Tourism and Culture of Turkey Nabi Avci, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Berat Albayrak, Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock Faruk Çelik, as well as the Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey, Mehmet Simsek. Erdogan was also accompanied by the head of the National intelligence Organization, Hakan Fidan, whose presence among the delegation was described by Turkish media sources as “truly unexpected.”