Hakan Fidan, Turkish Foreign Minister, met with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar on Wednesday to discuss the situation in Gaza, according to a Turkish diplomatic source.
Haniyeh will visit Turkey at the weekend to hold talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan.
Haniyeh will visit Turkey on Friday to hold talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish national television news channel 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."
Jerusalem Post Staff contributed to this report.