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 < span>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.