Bektaş gifted her medal to Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mihriban Aliyeva, and added "Then they invited us to Azerbaijan, I gave the gift myself. They welcomed us very well, had very nice conversation. It was like we were in Turkey. Everyone knew us. We had a great time. Mihriban Aliyeva did not take off the national team jersey we gave her as a gift. We were very happy."