Turkey to submit mandate to parliament allowing military personnel to be deployed to Saudi Arabia

 

A Turkish soldier participating an a NATO exercise, Barbate, Spain, March 28, 2025; illustrative.
A Turkish soldier participating an a NATO exercise, Barbate, Spain, March 28, 2025; illustrative.
(photo credit: REUTERS/JON NAZCA)

Turkey will submit a mandate to parliament allowing military personnel to be deployed to Saudi Arabia under its joint defense pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, a lawmaker from the ruling AK Party told Reuters on Wednesday.

The lawmaker, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the mandate would be sent to parliament once a bill ratifying the accord has been approved.

Turkey submitted the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement - signed by the three countries in August - to parliament for ratification on Tuesday, moving NATO's second-largest army closer to a formal mutual defense pledge with Riyadh as it faces Houthi attacks.

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