{"id":2244430,"date":"2024-05-14T16:47:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T20:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-never-see-hamas-as-a-terror-organization-turkeys-erdogan-says-its-upsetting-to-call-hamas-terrorists\/"},"modified":"2024-05-14T16:47:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T20:47:34","slug":"i-never-see-hamas-as-a-terror-organization-turkeys-erdogan-says-its-upsetting-to-call-hamas-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-never-see-hamas-as-a-terror-organization-turkeys-erdogan-says-its-upsetting-to-call-hamas-terrorists\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey&#8217;s Erdogan finds it &#8216;upsetting&#8217; to label Hamas as terrorists and believes they are not a terror organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-never-see-hamas-as-a-terror-organization-turkeys-erdogan-says-its-upsetting-to-call-hamas-terrorists%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2244430&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Turkish \u200cPresident Erdogan expressed his\u2063 disagreement with labeling Hamas\u200b as a \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">terrorist group<\/a>, citing his observation of over 1,000 Hamas members receiving medical \u2063treatment in Turkish hospitals. He emphasized that he views Hamas differently and finds it distressing to classify them as terrorists, contrasting with Greek \u200dPrime Minister Mitsotakis&#8217; stance on the matter. \u200dTurkish President Erdogan opposes labeling Hamas \u200das terrorists, noting over 1,000 Hamas members in\u200b Turkish hospitals. He finds it troubling to classify them as such, differing\u200b from Greek PM Mitsotakis&#8217; view.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Turkish President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/recep-tayyip-erdogan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recep Tayyip Erdogan<\/a> said during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-gov-cuomo-shunned-experts-embraced-lobbyists-drove-top-health-officials-to-quit-over-pandemic-response-report\/\" title=\"NY Gov. Cuomo Shunned Experts, Embraced Lobbyists, Drove Top Health Officials To Quit Over Pandemic Response: Report\">recent press conference<\/a> that he would find it \u201cupsetting\u201d to refer to Hamas as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-sends-message-to-democrats-and-rino-republicans-thousands-pouring-into-dc-wont-stand-for-stolen-election\/\" title=\"President Trump Sends Message to Democrats and RINO Republicans: \u2018Thousands Pouring Into DC Won\u2019t Stand for Stolen Election\u2019\">terrorist organization<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Erdogan made the comments during a joint appearance alongside Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who spoke first on the topic of the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAthens\u2019 stance on the subject is clear: Israel has every right for self defense against a bloody, provocative occupation of its territory by terrorists,\u201d Mitsotakis began. \u201cAn attack that innocents got killed, got kidnapped and tortured by a terrorist organization that doesn\u2019t represent Palestinians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Greek prime minister Mitsotakis to Erdogan\u2019s face: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsrael has every right for self defence. Hamas is a terrorist organisation.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DQRre6n6mG\">pic.twitter.com\/DQRre6n6mG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200f \u05e6\u05d9\u05d5\u05e0\u05d9 \u05db\u05d7\u05d5\u05dc \u05dc\u05d1\u05df (@Admeliorax) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Admeliorax\/status\/1790074751009816922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Erdogan\u2019s response was measured, but he made it clear that he did not agree with Mitsotakis\u2019 assessment of Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not a terrorist organization, but if you state it is a terror group here, that would be upsetting,\u201d he said. \u201cI never see Hamas as a terror organization. And as of now, step by step, I am following Hamas, and in my country right now, more than 1,000 members of Hamas are in our hospitals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Erdogan went on to claim that it was unfair to call Hamas a terror group, blaming \u201cthe entire west\u201d for assisting Israel and lamenting the number of dead among the \u201cmembers of Hamas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Turkish President Erdogan says calling Hamas terrorists is \u201cupsetting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  \u201cI never see Hamas as a terror organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Erdogan has also said Turkey is treating Hamas members in their hospitals. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my country right now more than 1000 members of Hamas are in our hospitals.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NX6QbAwhXr\">pic.twitter.com\/NX6QbAwhXr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oli London (@OliLondonTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OliLondonTV\/status\/1790153174663184683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Erdogan is not the only one reluctant to refer to Hamas as a terrorist organization even after the brutal attacks of October 7th. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has steadfastly refused to call Hamas \u201cterrorists\u201d \u2013 referring to them instead as a \u201cPalestinian group\u201d \u2014 earning them an earful from former British Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-britains-ex-pm-torches-the-bbc-for-failing-to-call-hamas-terrorists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Cameron<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you see what Hamas are prepared to do, you just realize the terrible, dreadful, inhuman people, frankly, that we are dealing with,\u201d Cameron began \u201cAnd maybe it\u2019s a moment, actually, for the BBC to ask itself again, should we describe these people as terrorists? They are terrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you kidnap grandmothers, you kidnap babies, you rape people, you shoot children in front of their parents. What more do they need to do for the BBC to say, look, these are terrorists? They really are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a press conference, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his displeasure at calling Hamas a terrorist group. His remarks came after Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis discussed the conflict between Israel and Hamas. 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