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Bilateral relations
Palestine?Turkey relations
are the current and historical
bilateral relations
between
Turkey
and
Palestine
.
Turkey's aid has been a source of humanitarian relief to Palestine, especially since the start of the
Blockade of the Gaza Strip
imposed by Israel and Egypt.
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Turkey has a deep-rooted shared history and maintains strong cultural and social connections with the Palestinian people. In 1975, the nation initiated official relations with the
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
and was among the earliest countries to acknowledge the Palestinian State established in exile on November 15, 1988.
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History
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In spite of
Turkey's constructive relations with Israel
, diplomacy between
Turkey
and the
Palestinian National Authority
has been relatively strong and helpful, especially when Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdo?an
took action in verbally countering
Israel's standoff against Gaza fighters
. Historically, Palestine was under Turkish (
Ottoman Empire
) rule for four hundred years prior to the days of the
British Mandate of Palestine
.
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Turkey has sought to take over Egypt's role as mediator in the Intra-Palestinian reconciliation process. It, along with Qatar, provides the Hamas movement with political humanitarian and diplomatic support.
Turkey welcomed a UN vote on 30 November 2012, giving Palestine non-member statehood in the world body, saying the dramatic gesture would bolster the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
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