Turkish President Erdoğan: 'I don't approach Hamas as a terrorist organization'

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sat down with NBC News' Keir Simmons about his views on the Israel-Gaza after addressing the U.N. General Assembly.

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[moem]

The USA 🇺🇸 called Nelson Mandela and his party the ANC as terrorist even after the liberation of South Africa.
And so it did with the communist Vietnamese.
Freedom fighters will be judged by history not the USA

[kekspeter]

Hey NBC News, do you think people are stupid believing and falling for your FRAMING of this interview.
So interesting to see that these big news networks still trying to shape a narrative fit to their agenda.

[yasminwahid]

He is not wrong. Netanyahu is no different from Hitler

[reygomez]

Remember when Mandela was deemed a terrorist ?

[raffiartinian]

They called the brave Irish people terrorists, when Britain stole northern part of Ireland .
Any person fights against occupying force, by International low are FREEDOM FIGHTERS . Same as Palestinian freedom fighters . By the way, wasn't Israeli defence Minister [ Yoav Gallant ] called Palestinians human Animals ? did you interviewed him about his racial comments ? I don't think so .

[samuelreddy]

How foolish for Keir Simmons to make such comments!!! "Turkey is a NATO ally. It is an American ally." 00:26 An ally doesn't mean a slave. US politicians are elected by US voters to act in the best interest of the US. Turkish politicians are elected by the Turkish voters to act in the best interests of Turkiye. How can you expect another country to follow the interests of another country?? If the US wants to keep the alliance, it needs to define strategies in consultations with its allies. Otherwise, the US will lose its allies. This is another failure of the Biden administration.

[WorldPeace]

The occupier has right to defend itself
But the occupied don’t . American logic

[Isaac-muntz]

They are an American ally not an American puppet there's a big difference

[dawnmills]

Likewise, I am appalled that the US and Israel doesn't acknowledge a genocide is being perpetrated against the Palestinians with 41K people murdered thus far, and counting.

[OOTrutherOO]

I agree with him. If you have the balls come out and call the Native Americans terrorists.I am not talking to you Avi from tel aviv.😂😂

[faffrin]

The pearl clutching from these two presenters as if anything the Turkish president says here is controversial.

[ElmasoTiflet]

You talk badly about Turkey.
people you don't know what you're talking about Turkey just rescued eight or 10 of your American citizens from Russian prisons without Turkey that deal would never have come about because Turkey was an intermediary between the US and Russia.

[MS-nmkt]

Wow I am amazed and actually proud of everyone in the comments as a Turkish American living in the great state of Illinois it comfims my love and respect for my American brothers and sisters and shows that we as human beings are all in the side of what’s right and we all hurt when others are hurt

[Marcus-pijg]

Look at these comments, the veil is being lifted and the bow is breaking

[Rightisright]

Why not show the whole interview in full rather than showing clips of it and spinning it

[MataRazy]

NBC: Remember, you are Not Fox Knews
You have an intellectual audience. Don't insult their intelligence !

[christianefiorito]

Good, resistance against murder of women and kids is not terrorism but the right to protect your family

[mr.tobacco]

Would you look at that once again NBC cutting off interviews in middle of answers.

[marinhopaais]

Is this country still part of NATO? Luckily they did not join the EU. But after openly supporting ISIS in Syria you can't count on Türkiye. Aside from that they have a big diaspora in Europa which could pose as real security threat.

[geelegeedi]

Turkey Is strong country doesnt take no bulshit from no one