Türkiye Ratifies Makkah Pact: Attack on One Is Attack on AllWorld

The chairman of the Turkish parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee said the alliance was purely defensive in nature and was not aimed at launching an attack against any other country. Ziya Altunyaldiz, a member of the ruling Justice and Development Party, said the agreement aimed to promote security cooperation in the region.

Pakistan, Türkiye and Saudi Arabia signed the agreement in Makkah on August 7. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended the signing ceremony.

The agreement expressed a commitment to strengthening collective security, promoting defence cooperation and contributing to peace and stability in the region and around the world. Under the agreement, the alliance’s secretariat will be established in Saudi Arabia, and retired Pakistani General Nauman Mahmood has been selected as its first secretary-general.

The ratification marks a significant step in defence ties among the three countries. For Pakistan, the pact adds a formal layer of collective security alongside two of its closest partners, while for Türkiye and Saudi Arabia it deepens a partnership built around shared security interests in a region facing persistent tensions.

Observers will now watch how the alliance takes practical shape, including the work of its secretariat in Saudi Arabia and the first steps under its new secretary-general, as the three countries move from signing the agreement to putting its provisions into practice.

The vote itself showed the scale of support for the pact inside the Turkish parliament, with 279 lawmakers backing it against 119 opposed. The agreement now moves from the chamber into implementation, and the three capitals are expected to set out the next steps for joint defence cooperation in the weeks ahead.