 Palestinian Islamic Jihad senior figure Ihsan Ataya appeared on Kudus TV, an Iranian-funded media propaganda outlet in Turkey, on March 10, 2024. (Photo: Nordic Monitor) |
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), designated as a terrorist group by Turkey's strategic partners, the US and EU, has significantly increased its presence in Turkey, a NATO member state, with substantial support from the Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and its allies.
Although Hamas is the preferred organization of the Erdoğan government, enjoying more generous support and more favorable public exposure in Turkey, the PIJ has nonetheless garnered significant influence and developed the ability to rally Turks in support of the militant organization.
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Abdullah Bozkurt, a Middle East Forum Milstein Writing Fellow, is a Sweden-based investigative journalist and analyst who runs the Nordic Research and Monitoring Network and is chairman of the Stockholm Center for Freedom.
