Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received in Istanbul the head of the Politburo of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas Ismail Haniya, the TV channel reported TRT Haber.
The meeting, which took place behind closed doors, discussed a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, an exchange of hostages with Israel and the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian enclave. p>
The head of Hamas has already visited Turkey several times and met with Erdogan. Speaking in parliament on April 17, Erdogan reiterated that he does not consider Hamas a terrorist organization. He also compared the movement to the Kuvayi Milliye volunteer force that operated in Anatolia in 1918-1922 during the war of national liberation that led to the proclamation of the Turkish Republic in 1923.