D-8 and Erbakan Foundation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 26 June 2016 in Istanbul. Dr. Seyed Ali Mohammad Mousavi, Secretary-General of D-8 and Dr. Fatih Erbakan, President of Erbakan Foundation signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organizations. According to the MoU, both organizations will work to develop a framework for sustained collaboration between D-8 and Erbakan Foundation to include set of programs such as social, cultural, sport, academic cooperation and scientific publications. 

On the occasion of signing of the MoU, Secretary-General Mousavi expressed his confidence for a close partnership with Erbakan Foudation which was established by Erbakan family in the name of Necmettin Erbakan, the founding father of D-8. He stated that this MoU would provide a general framework to facilitate collaboration and cooperation in promoting and undertaking activities of mutual interest through the implementation of joint projects in established areas between the two organizations.