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Turkey and Qatar signed a mutual defence agreement on Friday, November 13, during a meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in Istanbul. The Turkish presidency announced the accord on X but did not provide details of its terms. Erdogan said the two countries would keep working together to prevent a resurgence of war in the Gulf region and to build a basis for dialogue and peace. The agreement is described as the latest in a series of defence arrangements among Middle Eastern and Islamic states.