Turkish government sources said the delegation, led by Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, would hold talks with Foreign Ministry officials including Deputy Under-Secretary Ahmet Uzumcu and also with members of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).
The sources said the AKP, not the Foreign Ministry, had invited Hamas to Turkey, a Muslim but secular country which has good relations with Israel, Hamas's sworn enemy, as well as with the Palestinians.
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