Zafer Sırakaya, AK Party deputy chairman responsible for foreign affairs, met with Abdullah Abdulmajid al-Zindani, chairman of the Yemeni Scholars Association, and Mahir al-Houli, chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Palestinian Scholars Association, in Ankara.
İbrahim Aligöz, the party's deputy chairman responsible for foreign affairs, also attended the meeting held at the AK Party headquarters on Monday.
Meeting agenda
Sırakaya said the meeting addressed developments in the region. The discussions focused particularly on the situation in Palestine and Yemen, achieving a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, and ensuring the uninterrupted delivery of humanitarian aid.
The protection of the Palestinian people's legitimate rights was also discussed. Sırakaya said that establishing an independent and sovereign Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, was a fundamental condition for a just and lasting peace.

Sırakaya said they had assessed the importance of the Palestinian issue from the perspectives of international law, diplomacy and human conscience.
Developments in the region
Clashes between the Houthis and government forces in Yemen have escalated since July 2026. The war in the country has continued since September 2014.
In Gaza, more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 175,000 injured since October 2023, while approximately 90 percent of the civilian infrastructure has been destroyed.