Ankara began putting pressure on the Hamas leadership, by not allowing a number of its cadres to return to Turkey after traveling on organizational missions, and refraining from granting visas to other cadres to hold meetings with the movement's leadership in Istanbul.This necessitated a meeting between a delegation from the movement and the Turkish authorities, last February, during which the Hamas delegates heard clear talk about changes due to great pressures on Ankara in the economic field, and forcing it to make adjustments to the mechanism of building its international and regional relations, which may affect the way it exists. movement in Turkey.According to an informed source, quoted by the Lebanese news, the Turkish side did not talk about fundamental changes according to which it would ask the movement’s leadership to leave Turkey, but rather returned to an agreement that obligated the movement not to carry out any political activity that threatens the stability of Turkey, or any kind of security and military actions inside Turkey or from its territory.In addition, the Turkish side, which “turned a blind eye” a lot to some “parallel activities,” talked about “data it received from international security agencies, including Israel, that talk about military activity by members of the Hamas movement in Turkey.” The Turks attached their words to an executive decision according to which “the entry of persons related to military action to Turkish territory was prohibited."
This is of course not being done out of any ideological shift on Erdogan's part. He believes that aligning with Israel will help Turkey's economy so he's willing to engage in some realpolitik.
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