Turkiye and Qatar signed a mutual defence agreement on Friday in Istanbul after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Erdogan's office said^1,3.

The Turkish presidency said the pact would add a new dimension to relations between the two countries and did not publish the text of the accord^1,3.

Middle East Eye reported that the defence pact was one of five agreements signed during the visit and that it obliges each country to come to the other's defence².

The same outlet said Turkiye and Qatar have had defence arrangements since 2017, including a Turkish military presence in Doha, and described Friday's signing as adding a mutual-defence obligation to that relationship².

Erdogan and Sheikh Tamim co-chaired a meeting of the two countries' Supreme Strategic Committee in Istanbul, according to a Middle East Eye live update⁵.

The presidency said Erdogan stated that the two sides would keep working together to prevent a resurgence of war in the Gulf region and to support dialogue, Al Jazeera and Arab News reported^1,3.

Arab News, carrying a Reuters dispatch, said details of the defence accord were not disclosed³.

What the pact requires in practice, how it would be invoked, and whether it includes basing, arms or command arrangements beyond the headline obligation were not in the presidency statement as carried by the outlets that could be read^1,2,3.