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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pose after signing a joint defence agreement in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, August 7, 2026. — Reuters The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye is significant not because Muslim countries have never…

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, September 1, 2026. Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS — Turkish Presidential Press Offic ANKARA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - NATO member Turkey would consider taking its…

Field Marshal Munir, DPM Ishaq Dar arrive in Istanbul ahead of planned meeting By Reuters | Web Desk | Published August 30, 2026 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pose after signing the joint defence agreement in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, August…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has frequently accused Netanyahu of "genocide". Author of the article: Published Aug 21, 2026  •  1 minute read Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives to cast his ballot at his party Likud's main polling station during primary elections ahead of Israel's general election in October in…

ANKARA, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call to pursue talks with Iran to de-escalate tensions between the two countries, and offered Ankara's support for peace efforts, the Turkish presidency said on Tuesday. Turkey, which has NATO's second-largest army and…

Turkey last week took its most concrete legal step yet towards ending more than four decades of conflict with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, PKK. But while this is generating a rare political consensus and cautious optimism, suspicions about the intentions of the government overseeing the process run deep. For many…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has indicated that Egypt could potentially join the Mecca Defense Agreement, opening the possibility of wider regional cooperation on defence and security. The agreement currently brings Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye together in a framework focused on strengthening military ties and improving coordination between the…

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkiye on Friday signed a joint defence agreement to deepen security cooperation amid heightened military tensions and conflicts in the Middle East. The agreement, identified as the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, was initiated to strengthen deterrence against attacks on any of the signatories. It stipulates that…

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pose after signing the joint defence agreement in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, August 7, 2026. — Reuters ISLAMABAD: The trilateral defence pact signed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye in Makkah is being hailed as a…

ANKARA, July 24 (Reuters) - Turkish opposition leader Ozgur Ozel and 90 other breakaway lawmakers launcheda new political party on Friday, seeking to regroup to challenge President Tayyip Erdogan after their former party faced an unprecedented legal crackdown. They applied to the interior ministry to launch the so-called New Party…