Turkey's Erdogan defends Hamas, claims over 1K members are at his country's hospitals
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he does not consider Hamas a terrorist organization and said more than 1,000 members are at hospitals in Turkey.
"If you call Hamas a 'terrorist organization,' this would sadden us," Erdogan said, according to Reuters. Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
"We don't deem Hamas a terrorist organization," he reportedly said. "More than 1,000 members of Hamas are under treatment in hospitals across our country."
The press conference followed a two-hour face-to-face summit with the Greek prime minister.
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