On Tuesday 22 April 2025, Their Excellencies the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC and Mr Simeon Beckett SC, called on His All Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew at the Orthodox Patriarchate. 

Then, the Governor-General and Mr Beckett, conducted a tour of the Sultan Ahmet Mosque (the Blue Mosque) and the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque. 

In the Afternoon, the Governor-General and Mr Beckett, attended a lunch with Turkish Australian Business Representatives. 

Afterwards, the Governor-General and Mr Beckett, travelled from Istanbul, Türkiye to Ankara, Türkiye.  

Later, the Governor-General and Mr Beckett, visited and laid a wreath Anitkabir, the resting place of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Founding Father of the Republic of Türkiye.  

In the evening, the Governor-General and Mr Beckett, attended a meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President of the Republic of Türkiye.