Turkish PM meets exiled Hamas leader July 25, 2012 - 12:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal to break the daily fast during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, the Associated Press reported citing state-run TRT television. According to the report, Erdogan hosted Mashaal at his residence in Ankara on Tuesday, July 24 evening. Ties between Turkey, NATO’s biggest Muslim member, and the Islamic militant Hamas, which rules Gaza, have been developing since Turkey’s alliance with Israel collapsed over a deadly raid by Israeli troops on a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza in 2010. In January, Hamas premier of the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyeh, visited Erdogan at his Istanbul home. Partner news  Top stories Nuland, a career foreign service officer who was until recently State's top spokesperson, was expected to be nominated the post. Alkhatib said Assad should respond within 20 days and that he should then be given a month to dissolve parliament. Bağış said Istanbul’s unique status as a “peaceful coexistence of all cultures and religions” makes it a vital player in the EU. The agent shot in self-defense in the incident, which occurred at Todashev's house, the law enforcement source said.   Partner news |  Latest news Sundance Selects picks up “The Selfish Giant” Cannes entry  Excluded from school and outsiders in their own neighborhood, a 13-year-old boy and his firend meet a local scrapdealer.MGM nabs “Women Who’ve Dumped Me” bestseller The best-selling humor anthology script will be written by Kyle Pennekamp & Scott Turpel, who scripted the upcoming Get A Job.U.S. envoy to open photo exhibition at National Gallery The exhibition is a joint project of the Naregatsi Art Institute (NAI), the Near East Foundation (NEF), and the U.S. Embassy.Platini stresses need to protect football, its values "The quality of the football is exceptional – better than ever – and the results are following close behind," UEFA President said. |
