PRESIDENT S R Nathan will begin a week-long visit to Turkey today.
This is the first time a Singapore president is making an official state visit there. During his trip, Mr Nathan will visit the capital, Ankara, and Istanbul.
He will meet and be hosted to a state banquet by Turkish President Abdullah Gul. He will also meet Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Speaker of Turkey's Grand National Assembly Koksal Toptan. The Governor of Istanbul, Muammer Guler, will also host a lunch for Mr Nathan.
Accompanying the President are several ministers: Second Minister for Finance and Transport Lim Hwee Hua, Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Balaji Sadasivan, and Senior Minister of State for Education as well as Trade and Industry S. Iswaran.
Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health Hawazi Daipi, MPs Penny Low and Christopher de Souza, senior government officials and a business delegation will also be on the trip which ends on Sunday.
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