Turkey’s Love Affair with Hamas | Middle East Forum

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„The Palestinian cause“ is a unique charm that brings together Turks from different ideologies. Turkish Islamists view it as an indispensable part of „jihad;“ the conservatives feel attached to it because it has a religious connotation; for the leftists it is part of an „anti-imperialist“ struggle; the nationalists embrace it just because most Turks embrace it. In the 1970s, when a dozen Turks a day on average were killed in street violence, the „Palestinian cause“ was the only issue that otherwise warring fractions of the Turkish left, right and Islamists could agree on….


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