The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement is interesting. Three countries that do not even have borders with each other signed an agreement with NATO-like clauses. The purpose of the agreement is explained as follows:
"Today, when the problems in our region have become even more complicated, the three parties to the agreement have taken responsibility themselves, instead of waiting for an external solution to these problems, and taken the first step of a regional security architecture based on the understanding of cooperation and collective defense, and laid the legal basis for the institutional structure to be created in this direction." (Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Levent Gümrükçü)
Here we see the claim to solve the problems arising in the Middle East region without the need for countries outside the region. We do not know how this will happen. If a solution cannot be found on the problem, will military force be used? Such a thing is not possible. At most, three countries will mediate.
Pakistan and India have frequent armed conflicts on the border. India is also attacking Pakistan
Houthis and Saudi Arabia are also in conflict in Yemen. There are also attacks on Saudis.
For example, Iran launched a missile attack on the Saudis and bombed American military bases.
In this case, will the allies watch?
What are the limits of the agreement? Will soldiers be sent, will there be an intervention with aircraft, or will all kinds of military materials be shipped to the allied country?
Under what conditions will countries help each other?
Do mutual, balanced conflicts at the borders that do not aim at territorial annexation require aid or not?
Or will the agreement work in the event of a wholesale attack on the allied country?
On this subject, the first article states: "In case the territorial integrity, sovereignty and internationally recognized borders of any of the Parties are threatened or endangered, the parties use all necessary methods to eliminate these threats or dangers."
A broad definition: Its borders are threatened or endangered... In other words, even in a verbal situation, the agreement orders action.
AKP has a policy of military expansion in the region.
Tariq Bin Ziyad Barracks in Qatar (QatarTurk Combined Joint Force Command), near Doha. With the facilities added in 2019, approximately 3 thousand to 5 thousand Turkish military personnel serve at the base.
We have a very critical military presence in Somalia. Somali Turkish Task Force/Anatolian Barracks in the capital Mogadishu. The base operates as a comprehensive military training center rather than a classic operational war base. It trains officers, non-commissioned officers and commandos of the Somali Armed Forces against terrorism and attacks. It is also written that Turkey has recently been working on a new naval base area in Mogadishu and has been making investigations to expand the infrastructure of some air bases in the interior.
There is no permanent military base with "official status" in Libya, but the Turkish Armed Forces maintains an active military presence, training and consultancy activities in various bases and centers in Libya.
We also have approximately 400 soldiers for peace and security missions within the NATO-led Kosovo Force (KFOR). We have approximately 250 personnel in Bosnia-Herzegovina within the scope of the European Union Peace Force (EUFOR ALTHEA) and bilateral agreements (including Fatih Sultan Mehmet Barracks). In line with bilateral military cooperation agreements in Albania, there is a military presence and training support at a symbolic level (approximately 24 personnel) at Pasha Liman Naval Base.
According to foreign sources, the search for a base in Saudi Arabia may also be on the agenda.
Before we forget: In order to strengthen joint cooperation and develop strategic partnerships, the multilateral "Badr Memorandum of Understanding" was signed in Doha, the capital of Qatar, between the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of Turkey, the Ministry of Defense of Qatar, the Ministry of Defense of Indonesia and the Ministry of Defense of Pakistan.
The purpose of this is more specific: “The memorandum aims to promote cooperation in the field of military production, strengthen the military capabilities of the four countries, and also support cooperation in technical military training, research and development.”
According to comments, Türkiye also aims to be the leading actor of the new security architecture in the Middle East.
If we look at the Mecca agreement: Pakistan has atomic weapons... Saudi Arabia is oil rich. Türkiye is among the few countries that have developed a new arms industry.
In fact, AKP is almost investing in the war. Atatürk's Balkan Entente (February 1934), on the other hand, aimed to mutually guarantee the border security of Turkey, Greece, Yugoslavia and Romania and the member states in the Balkans, with the view that world war was approaching, and to form a common front against German-Italian expansionism in the region.
The Sadabat Pact (1937) was a regional cooperation and non-aggression alliance signed at the Sadabat Palace in Tehran to secure Turkey's eastern and southern borders: Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan participated. The aim was to create a security zone in the Middle East against Italy's aggressive policies in the Eastern Mediterranean and Abyssinia, to solve border problems and to develop friendly relations between the countries of the region.
Ataturk also signed friendship agreements with Greece, Bulgaria and the Soviet Union.
Ataturk also signed friendship agreements with Greece, Bulgaria and the Soviet Union.
You can compare Atatürk's policy of peace at home and peace in the world with the active military policies of the AKP.
