ISTANBUL, April 20 ― Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh will meet Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today with Middle East tensions at a high after...
Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has maintained links with Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh , who has been a frequent visitor. — Hamas Chief Office via APA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpaISTANBUL, April 20 ― Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh will meet Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today with Middle East tensions at a high after Israel's reported attack on Iran and Gaza bracing for a new Israeli offensive.
Hamas has had an office in Turkiye since 2011 when Turkiye helped secure the agreement for the group to free Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Erdogan has maintained links with Haniyeh, who has been a frequent visitor.Foreign Minister Fidan was a past head of Turkish intelligence and the country provided information and passports to Hamas officials, including Haniyeh, according to Sinan Ciddi, a Turkiye specialist at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies in Washington.
Last year, the Turkish leader likened the tactics of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to those of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and called Israel a “terrorist state” because of its offensive against Hamas after the militant group's October 7 attacks on Israel. The Hamas attacks resulted in the deaths of 1,170 people in southern Israel, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.
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