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Turkey was the first Muslim state to recognise Israel after its inception in 1948, and later established full diplomatic relations with it. The strict secular regime supported by the military, maintained this relation for quite a long period. However, when the Islamist Welfare (Refah) Party headed by Necmettin Erbakan formed a coalition government in 1996, it paved the way for a new vision based on opening up to the east and activating relations with the Arab and Muslim worlds, while adopting their issues, primarily the Palestinian issue. https://middleeastmonitor/articles/europe/11302-determinants-of-turkeys-policy-vis-a-vis-hamas
Posted on: Tue, 06 May 2014 12:30:00 +0000

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