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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Palestinian militant organization Hamas’ political bureau, in Istanbul on Saturday to discuss a ceasefire in the ongoing Gaza war, state broadcaster TRT reported. The two discussed Israeli attacks on Palestinian soil, as well as steps for the “adequate and uninterrupted” supply of aid to Gaza and for a “fair and lasting” peace in the region, Erdoğan’s communication office wrote on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter. There was no mention of the Israeli hostages in official Turkish statements. Turkey is committ…