Turkey is reportedly seeking to use “backdoor” diplomacy to hold a meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. A journalist close to Erdogan’s ruling AK Party said in an article for the Hurriyet newspaper on Friday that a meeting between the two leaders was considered “the most important step” in securing “rapprochement” between the sides. The journalist said no date or location had been set, but there was communication involving Turkey, Russia, and the Syrian regime. “With the risk the Gaza war expanding to other areas in the region, normalisin…