The US Treasury’s top terrorism financing official conveyed Washington’s ‘profound’ alarm about Ankara’s past relations with Hamas during a visit to Turkey this week

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has refused to cut ties with Hamas under US pressure in the wake of the terror group’s attacks on Israel.

“First of all, Hamas is a reality of Palestine, it is a political party there and it entered the elections as a political party and won,” Erdogan said in remarks released by his office.

The US Treasury’s top terrorism financing official conveyed Washington’s “profound” alarm about Ankara’s past relations with Hamas during a visit to Turkey this week.

  • dumdum666
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    61 year ago

    Yeah - PKK also belongs to Turkey and is the legitimate opposition for the oppressed Kurdish people… is it not? You guys should support the Europe wide re-legalization of PKK then.