Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to meet Palestinian militant organization Hamas’ political bureau head Ismail Haniyeh on Saturday in Istanbul, to discuss the ongoing Gaza war, state broadcaster TRT reports. Further details about the nature of discussions between the two were immediately unclear. Haniyeh on Wednesday met Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Qatar for talks on a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages, according to the state news agency Anadolu. Erdoğan publicly endorses Hamas. Earlier this week, he likened Hamas to Turkish independence fighters against We…