Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoğlu said: “Ankara has rejected Israel’s request to deport the leaders of the Hamas movement who reside in Turkey.”
“We did not accept any of Israel’s requests regarding the Hamas movement, because, in our opinion, Hamas is not a terrorist group.” Çavuşoğlu announced in the meeting of the Turkish Parliament.
Israeli War Minister Benny Gantz, during his trip to Ankara, asked Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to deport the leaders of the Hamas movement who reside in Turkey.