Turkish communists protest Mecca Agreement: “You cannot kill our youth for Saudi oil!”

Hundreds of people gathered in Ankara on Wednesday, October 21, in a demonstration organized by the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) against the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, warning that the military pact could drag Turkey into Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen.

The agreement, signed on August 7 by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, is awaiting parliamentary ratification. Its provisions stipulate that an armed attack against one signatory would be considered an attack against all three countries.

 

Communist Party of Pakistan demands: Keep our country out of the Yemen war!

The Communist Party of Pakistan (CPP) has issued a strong warning against the country's involvement in the escalating war in Yemen, demanding that the government reject any military commitments that could drag Pakistan into another devastating regional conflict.

In a statement issued by its Central Secretariat, the CPP expresses serious concern over Pakistan's military obligations to Saudi Arabia, warning that existing defence arrangements and the presence of Pakistani military personnel in the kingdom increase the danger of direct or indirect involvement in the war.

 

Mecca Agreement: The new tool of imperialism in the Middle East design

By Ayhan Keser* 

Many news articles and commentaries have been written about the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement (Mecca Agreement), signed on August 7, 2026, between Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan. 

To prevent the exaggerations and contradictions in these comments from obscuring the significance of the development, they need to be examined more closely.

The Communist Party of Turkey on the so-called “Mecca Joint Defense Agreement”

Statement by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) following the AKP government's signing of the “Mecca Joint Defense Agreement”: 

"The AKP government has signed the so-called “Mecca Joint Defense Agreement” and thereby dragged our country into a new and extremely dangerous military adventure. The agreement’s most important declared clause treats an armed attack on any one of the three countries as an attack on all of them.