"Hamas' Ankara visit: Not just AK Party clumsiness
Ayhan Simsek
simsek@thenewanatolian.com
The Turkish government's unexpected invitation followed by talks with a Hamas leader in Ankara last week have been widely criticized in both Turkish and foreign media, and most analysts decried it as a badly handled diplomatic initiative.
The clumsiness of the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party in this invitation is evident with several aspects, but a closer look at the foreign policy strategy of the AK Party shows that it was not just clumsiness, but beyond that a sign of a considerable move by the party towards redefining Turkish-Israeli relations. "
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