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Hamas ‘ready for peace’ after positive response to Trump deal, Erdogan says
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Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
ISTANBUL, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomes Hamas’s positive reaction to a peace deal proposed by US President Donald Trump, and says the group was “ready for peace.”
“Hamas has shown, as it has done many times before, that it is ready for peace. Thus, a window of opportunity has opened for lasting peace in our region,” Erdogan tells a ceremony in Istanbul.
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