Hamas is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, and Erdogan is a loyal supporter of it. They share a common Islamic supremacist mission “to restore the era of Islamic rule, seen by the Brotherhood as the basis for protecting ‘the Islamic nation.'”
They also both share a hostility toward Israel, along with any other nation who supports Israel.
Meanwhile, although Turkey is Sunni, it has been cozying up to Shia Iran, as well as to Russia, in order “to protect its interests.”
Turkey’s Erdogan Hosts Hamas Delegation with Wanted Terrorist,” by Deborah Danan, Breitbart, August 25, 2020:
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hosted a large delegation of Hamas leaders, including a wanted terrorist, in Istanbul over the weekend.
The delegation included Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri, a wanted terrorist with a $5 million bounty on his head.
Al-Arouri has been linked to several terrorist attacks against Israelis, including the 2014 kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank, which he praised as a “heroic operation.”
The meeting also included Hamas’ overseas leader Maher Salah, Hamas head of Arab and Islamic religions, Ezzat al-Rihiq, and Hamas representative in Turkey, Jihad Yaghmor.
The delegation met with the Turkish prime minister to discuss the U.S.-brokered normalization agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, which both sides deeply oppose.
Hamas and Turkey’s ruling party have roots in the Muslim Brotherhood. Erdogan in the past has panned the U.S. for “working with terrorists” in Syria, over U.S. support for Kurdish fighters combating ISIS.
Hamas head Ismael Haniyeh “congratulated Erdogan on the advent of a new Hijri year, discovery of a new natural-gas field and the reopening of the Aya Sofia Mosque,” according to a statement released by the terror group.
The Aya Sofia Mosque was one of two ancient churches that Turkey turned into mosques recently, causing a storm of controversy.
Hamas also said it was working against Israel’s “Judaization of Jerusalem.”…