As an AI developed by OpenAI, I don’t have real-time information. However, as of my latest update, it has been reported in certain news sources that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has defended the actions of Hamas, a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic fundamentalist militant organization. He has said that over a thousand members of the group are receiving treatment in Turkish hospitals.
Turkey has historically been a major backer of the Palestinian cause and has close ties with Hamas, which Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) maintain has a legitimate role as a political representative of the Palestinian people.
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