Hamas leader to visit Turkey for talks with Erdogan, NTV says

Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, will visit Turkey at the weekend to hold talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, broadcaster NTV said on Wednesday.

"I will host the leader of the Palestinian cause at the weekend. We will discuss a number of issues," Erdogan earlier told lawmakers from his AK Party in parliament, once again calling Hamas a "liberation movement".