Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan strongly condemn the Houthi attack wey hit the main airport for Saudi capital, Riyadh, wey kill 12 people and wound plenty others.

"We strongly condemn the attacks carried out by the Houthis on Oct. 10 targeting King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, which killed 12 people and injured 309," Erdogan talk as e finish chair one Cabinet meeting for the Presidential Complex for Ankara on Monday.

E dey give condolence to the people wey die for the attack, including those wey dey do Umrah, and e wish make the injured recover quick.

"Türkiye stands with Saudi Arabia and our Saudi brothers and sisters in the face of these attacks that violate law and humanity," e add.

"We want peace and stability across our entire region," Erdogan talk, and e add say Türkiye go continue to defend peace based on "regional ownership."

Erdogan yan say conflict areas dey spread for the region, and tension don dey rise from Lebanon go reach Yemen and Iran.

"Despite the belt of crises that have surrounded it for some time, Türkiye is increasingly consolidating its position as an island of stability, trust, and peace. We advocate resolving disputes through dialogue and diplomacy at the negotiating table, not on the battlefield, based on the principle of regional ownership," e talk.

"Mutual respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity is our fundamental principle. In our view, division and fragmentation only serve the interests of malign forces seeking to turn our region into a sea of blood," e add.

Mecca pact

The president still yan say dem don dey work to carry the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement — the pact wey dem sign on Aug. 7 between Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan — go parliament in the next days make dem finish domestic approval things.

Erdogan talk say the three countries still dey try build the institutional framework for the agreement, and say defence cooperation dey move on two main road: collective defence and regional cooperation, plus the development of permanent, functioning institutional structure.

"I would like to emphasise that, as in NATO, activities under the joint defence agreement will also be conducted on the basis of our national legislation," e talk.

E reject the claims wey dey try make people think say Türkiye dey different position, and say that kind talk no get any value.

"Türkiye's position, sensitivities, and the principles it upholds are clear. We never view events through an ethnic or sectarian lens. We want peace and stability to prevail throughout our entire region. From now on, we will continue to defend peace and work for peace on the basis of regional ownership," Erdogan talk.

TEKNOFEST for southeastern Türkiye

Erdogan still talk about him visit on Oct. 3 to the southeastern Sanliurfa province, where e attend TEKNOFEST Southeastern Türkiye. E talk say the event get record participation, and e also open the newly finished Sanliurfa City Hospital.

"There, we once again saw that Türkiye's future is rising in the hands of young people who think, research, produce, and develop their own technology," e talk.

E congratulate the young people wey win awards and get good position for the tech festival and e thank everybody wey help organise the event.

Erdogan talk say for the same day the government open Sanliurfa City Hospital and the roads wey join am. The project na investment of 39 billion Turkish liras (about $932 million), based on the exchange rate for the time wey dem write the story.

The hospital get 500,000 square meters (5.38 million square feet) of indoor space, 2,000 beds, 451 outpatient examination rooms, and 60 operating theatres, plus other facilities. Erdogan talk say the hospital go give people modern, high-quality health care. E wish the hospital and the other investments success and congratulate the institutions wey join the work.

International Astronautical Congress

Erdogan still yan about him presence for the opening of the 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) on Oct. 7 for Antalya, the first time Türkiye host the event. The congress gather experts from 111 countries, e talk.

"Türkiye is making intensive efforts to establish a stronger presence in space and develop our own technology," e talk.

Erdogan talk say production, assembly and integration don finish for one spacecraft wey dem develop under Türkiye's Lunar Research Program. The 3.5-tonne vehicle wey get more than 80 percent domestic production rate dey now undergo system-level environmental testing, e add.

E also mention one Oct. 6 ceremony for the Presidential Complex for Ankara to open the 2026-2027 academic year, where dem still give the 2026 Council of Higher Education Outstanding Achievement Awards.

"I wish success in the new academic year for our students, academics, and the higher education community, and congratulate the award recipients," e talk.