The Turkish parliament approved the first article of the Mecca defense agreement The Turkish parliament approved on November 4 the first article of a bill approving the Mecca mutual defense agreement after concluding the debate on the full text and heading for a vote article by article. Paik Öztrak, chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP) parliamentary group, expressed his party's support for the agreement, telling the chamber that the agreement gives Turkey an opening to build a new regional security structure outside of NATO, with Ankara at its center. "This agreement is particularly significant in that it opens up a new autonomous space in the East-West balance," Oztrak said, adding that Iran's President Massoud Pazhkian declared Tehran ready for this.

The Turkish parliament approved the first article of the Mecca defense agreement The Turkish parliament approved on November 4 the first article of a bill approving the Mecca mutual defense agreement after concluding the debate on the full text and heading for a vote article by article. Paik Öztrak, chairman of the Republican People's Party (CHP) parliamentary group, expressed his party's support for the agreement, telling the chamber that the agreement gives Turkey an opening to build a new regional security structure outside of NATO, with Ankara at its center. "This agreement is particularly significant in that it opens up a new autonomous space in the East-West balance," Oztrak said, adding that Iran's President Massoud Pazhkian declared Tehran ready for this.