The leadership of Hamas has not moved to Turkey, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan assured in a briefing to Turkish media representatives on Turkish foreign policy.

Responding to reports of Hamas leadership moving to Turkey following the organization’s “expulsion” from Qatar, Haqqan Fidan stated that “as Turkey, we refuted these rumours. The office of our ministry representative announced that the Hamas Politburo did not move to Turkey. Qatar also denied the rumors you mentioned. In other words, the Political Bureau of Hamas has not come to Turkey».

The Turkish Foreign Minister claimed in relation to this issue that “Democrats in the US want to put a little more pressure on Hamas. They probably hope to gain some distance this way. They’re trying to see if there’s going to be a ceasefire or a peace deal or something like that, or if there’s going to be any development about the hostages».

However, as he argued, “it appears that the current ceasefire terms are not the terms Hamas accepts».

Washington warned Ankara a few days ago that no country should accept Hamas. “We will clearly say to the Turkish government, as we have done with other countries, that it is no longer possible to pretend that nothing is happening with Hamas.” the State Department spokesman saidMatthew Miller, stressing that “we do not believe that the leaders of a vicious terrorist organization should be living comfortably anywhere, much less in a NATO member country».