(2022-0889-F) White House Photos - President Clinton and President Suleyman Demirel of Turkey During the Clinton Administration

The materials in FOIA 2022-0889-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related material. FOIA request 2022-0889-F contains photographs from the White House Photograph Office (WHPO) and video recordings from the White House Television Office (WHTV) related to President Clinton and President Demirel of Turkey during the Clinton administration. President Clinton welcomed President Demirel to the White House in 1996 and President Clinton visited Turkey in 1999. Processing of this request included an official telephone call from President Clinton to President Suleyman Demirel of Turkey in 1996. See case 2006-1135-F segment 10 for photographs of President Clinton communicating via telephone to President Demirel from the Oval Office on February 1, 1993. Events responsive to this case include: President Clinton talks on his telephone in the Oval Office to President Demirel of Turkey on January 30, 1996. General John Shalikashvili and Secretary William Perry are present for the telephone call (photos only). President Clinton meets in the Oval Office with advisors and prepares for a visit of President Demirel of Turkey in the Oval Office on March 29, 1996. President Demirel of Turkey arrives at the West Wing (photos only). President Clinton meets with President Demirel in the Oval Office. President Clinton escorts President Demirel for his departure at the West Wing Lobby on March 29, 1996 (photos & video for remaining events listed). President Clinton and President Demirel address an arrival ceremony and review troops at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey on November 15, 1999. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is present at the ceremony. President Clinton meets with President Demirel at the Presidential Palace and both principals participate in an expanded meeting. President Clinton and President Demirel participate in a joint press availability at the Presidential Palace (photos & video). President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton attend a State Dinner hosted by President Suleyman Demirel and Nazmiye Demirel at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey on November 15, 1999. President Clinton and President Demirel deliver remarks at the dinner. President Clinton and President Demirel participate in a receiving line to greet guests (photos & video). President Clinton and President Demirel address the American-Turkish Business Council lunch at the Imperial Chalet in Istanbul, Turkey on November 16, 1999 (photos & video). President Clinton participates in the Baku-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline Agreement signing ceremony with President Demirel of Turkey, President Eduard Shevardnadze of Georgia, and others sign the agreement at Ciragan Palace in Istanbul on November 18, 1999 (photos & video). President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton attend the Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe dinner in Istanbul, Turkey on November 18, 1999. President Demeril delivers remarks at the dinner (photos only & video of the leaders group photo only). President Clinton, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton depart Istanbul on November 19, 1999. The Clintons say goodbye to President Demirel and others at the airport. President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton talk with Secretary Madeleine Albright, Melanne Verveer, Mary Mel French, and Kelly Craighead on Air Force en route to Athens, Greece (photos only). Other events processed from responsive photo contact sheets and video recordings in this case: President Clinton greets and meets in the Oval Office with Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin of Russia on January 30, 1996. President Clinton participates in a Foreign Policy meeting in the Cabinet Room with Vice President Albert Gore, Secretary William Perry, Secretary Warren Christopher, Sandy Berger, Tony Lake, Strobe Talbott, and others on March 29, 1996. President Clinton announces the Food and Drug Administration’s Anti-Cancer Initiatives in an East Room Ceremony on March 29, 1996. President Clinton signs the Cancer Control Month Proclamation in the Oval Office on March 29, 1996 (photos and video). President Clinton walking to motorcade with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada on March 30, 1996 (video only). President Clinton visits the Ataturk’s Mausoleum and places a wreath at Ataturk’s Tomb in Ankara, Turkey on November 15, 1999 (photos & video). President Clinton addresses the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara, Turkey on November 15, 1999 (photos only). President Clinton pays a courtesy call on Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit at the Hilton Hotel in Ankara, Turkey (photos only). President Clinton greets Hilton Hotel personnel in Ankara, Turkey on November 15, 1999 (photos only). President Clinton, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Chelsea Clinton at the airport in Istanbul, Turkey on November 16, 1999 (photos & video). President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton arrive at Cengiz Top El Airfield in Turkey on November 16, 1999. The Clintons meet with earthquake survivors in a tent in Izmit, Turkey on November 16, 1999 (photos only). The Clintons arrive at Selcuk, Turkey on November 17, 1999 (video only). The Clintons tour Ephesus and the Virgin Mary’s Grotto in Selcuk, Turkey on November 17, 1999 (video only). President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton address the Consulate staff and others in Istanbul, Turkey on November 18, 1999 (photos only). President Clinton meets with NGO leaders at the Conrad Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey on November 18, 1999 (video only). The Clintons go sightseeing in Istanbul and visit Topkapi Palace on November 19, 1999 (photos only). The Clintons arrive at Athens Airport in Greece and President Clinton delivers remarks at the airport on November 19, 1999 (photos only). President Clinton departs Presidential Mansion with President Stephanopoulos of Greece in Athens, Greece on November 20, 1999 (video only). President Clinton lays a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Sofia, Bulgaria on November 22, 1999 (video only).