Akram Imamulu, who was recently re-elected to head the largest city in Turkey on behalf of the opposition party, called the October 7 attack "a terror attack".
Akram Imamulu, the mayor of Istanbul and one of the leading figures in the Turkish opposition, spoke out strongly against Hamas and stated that for him it is a terrorist organization, this is in contrast to the position of Turkish President Erdogan, who maintains full ties with the organization.
In an interview with the American news network CNN, Imamoulu said: "Hamas carried out an attack on the territory of Israel that we are very saddened by. Any political structure that carries out terrorist attacks on a large scale is considered by us to be a terrorist organization."
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