On August 7, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan signed the “Mecca Mutual Defense Agreement.” The agreement came as a surprise. But that surprise is hardly surprising: there had been no sign that such a pact was in the works. At least not for those “outside the state apparatus.” The process that led to the agreement remains as obscure as the ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer The first test of the Mecca Defense Agreement will be in Yemen. The international press is now asking the same question: What will Türkiye do as the Houthis continue to strike Saudi Arabia? And on the morning of 9 August, the first report of an attack hit the wires. Houthi forces announced that they had struck ...
A few days ago, at Al-Safa Palace in Mecca, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed a document titled the “Mecca Joint Defense Agreement.” Its core clause stipulates that an armed attack on any of the three signatory states is deemed an attack on them all—a formulation that, according ...
By Prof. Dr. Semih Koray, President of the World Civilizations Initiative Research Center (DÜNYA-MER) The international conference entitled “The Alliance to Prevent a Great War,” organized by the World Civilizations Initiative Research Center, was held at the Meyra Palace Hotel in Ankara on 18–19 July 2026. UWI will present the speeches held on the conference during the coming days. The ...
By Prof. Dr. Atakan Hatipoğlu, Faculty Member of Political and Social Sciences, Aydın Adnan Menderes University The international conference entitled “The Alliance to Prevent a Great War,” organized by the World Civilizations Initiative Research Center, was held at the Meyra Palace Hotel in Ankara on 18–19 July 2026. UWI will present the speeches held on the conference during the coming ...
By Mahir Alp Yücel On August 3, two Türkiye’s-flagged vessels—the Yaşar and the Nadezhda—operated by Samsun-based Kalyoncu Shipping, came under attack by Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Black Sea. The ships carried a combined crew of 22, including 13 Türkiye’s nationals. According to media reports, four individuals sustained injuries, three of whom are citizens of the Republic of ...
By Dr. Doğu Perinçek, Chairman of the Vatan Party, Türkiye The international conference entitled “The Alliance to Prevent a Great War,” organized by the World Civilizations Initiative Research Center, was held at the Meyra Palace Hotel in Ankara on 18–19 July 2026. UWI will present the speeches held on the conference during the coming days. The conference, which featured presentations ...
By Fatih Ceylan, Türkiye, Former Ambassador, Former Permanent Representative to NATO, Director of the Ankara Policy Center The international conference entitled “The Alliance to Prevent a Great War,” organized by the World Civilizations Initiative Research Center, was held at the Meyra Palace Hotel in Ankara on 18–19 July 2026. UWI will present the speeches held on the conference during the ...
By Mehmet Enes Beşer Every time the “New Silk Road” comes up, the conversation always drifts toward trains, ports, highways, and cables. Everyone seems to think it’s just a giant construction project. But honestly, that misses what’s really going on. The real question is who’s in charge—who sets the rules, who gets the upper hand, and who finds themselves dependent ...
By Ali Özgündüz, former Member of Turkish Parliament The international conference entitled “The Alliance to Prevent a Great War,” organized by the World Civilizations Initiative Research Center, was held at the Meyra Palace Hotel in Ankara on 18–19 July 2026. UWI will present the speeches held on the conference during the coming days. The conference, which featured presentations by speakers ...