President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan traveled to Budapest at the invitation of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to attend a portion of the World Athletics Championships and join Hungary's National Day celebrations.
During his visit, President Erdoğan, accompanied by President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar, watched the 100 meters men's final at the 2023 World Athletics Championship. President Erdoğan also attended a reception honoring Hungary's National Day at Carmelite Monastery.
President Erdoğan met with Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Serbia's President Aleksandar Vučić, and Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina Željka Cvijanović and President of Bosnia's Republic of Srpska Milorad Dodik.
President Erdoğan was accompanied by a delegation of ministers on his visit to Budapest. The delegation included Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak, Minister of Industry and Technology Mehmet Fatih Kacır, and Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat.