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Turkey sends senior delegation to Qatar for Ismail Haniyeh's funeral

Turkey has sent a high-level delegation to the funeral of Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar following his assassination in Tehran earlier this week.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan met with senior Hamas member Khaled Meshaal to express his condolences over Haniyeh’s death.

The delegation also includes Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz, parliament speaker Numan Kurtulmus and Turkey's intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin.