Turkey Adopts Hamas Agenda

ANKARA [MENL] -- The Islamist government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Erdogan has adopted the agenda of the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip, a
senior analyst said.
Soner Cagaptay, a senior researcher at the Washington Institute for Near
East Policy, said Erdogan and his supporters have become the leading
supporters of Hamas in the Middle East. In an analysis that appeared in the
Turkish media, Cagaptay said Erdogan's Justice and Development Party has
led the new Turkish policy of embracing Hamas and other Islamic regimes in
the region.