India-Pakistan war concerns raised in Turkish Parliament as Mecca pact gets approved

India Today · India Today World Desk · 2026-11-06 12:30 UTC

The Turkish Parliament approved the pact on Thursday by 279 votes to 119 despite opposition objections Turkish officials said deploying troops would still require a separate parliamentary vote

The Turkish Parliament approved the pact on Thursday by 279 votes to 119 despite opposition objections. Turkish officials said deploying troops would still require a separate parliamentary vote.

If India attacks Pakistan, must Turkey go to war? Turkish opposition MP Gulistan Kilic Kocyigit raised that question in Parliament, warning that a defence pact with Islamabad and Saudi Arabia could draw Ankara into a conflict it had not chosen.

“Will it be considered an attack on us?” she asked, referring to a hypothetical Indian attack on Pakistan. Her concern centred on the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement’s commitment to treat an attack on one member as an attack on all three.

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