xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Istanbul, Turkey, November 13, 2026 [Murat Cetinmuhurdar/Turkish Presidential Press Office/Handout via Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff and AnadoluPublished On 14 Nov 202614 Nov 2026Qatar and Turkiye have welcomed a new mutual defence agreement that commits them to a common position against any external armed attack on either country.