In addition to President Erdoğan; guests such as President of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey İsmail Kahraman, Minister of National Defense İsmet Yılmaz, Minister of Transport, Marine, and Communication Binali Yıldırım, Minister of Youth and Sports Çağatay Kılıç, Minister of Labour and Social Security Süleyman Soylu, Chief of the Turkish General Staff Four-Star General Hulusi Akar, Commander of Turkish Naval Forces Admiral Bülent Bostanoğlu, Governor of Istanbul Vasip Şahin, Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Kadir Topbaş among others have also attended the ceremony.