Erdogan, 'we firmly support the leaders of Hamas' - Breaking news. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a speech in Istanbul that Turkey "firmly supports" Hamas leaders.
"No one can persuade us to describe Hamas as a terrorist organization," he said. "Turkey is the country that openly talks about everything with the leaders and firmly supports them", declared the Turkish head of state. Reproduction of this article is permitted under the terms of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)