New Iraq directly concerns Turkey
BY: BURHANETTIN DURAN* Omitting Turkey from Iraqi agenda or placing the country into a secondary position due to the pressure from Iran will not create a new and peaceful Iraq Iraqi Prime Minister Haider [ More … ]
BY: BURHANETTIN DURAN* Omitting Turkey from Iraqi agenda or placing the country into a secondary position due to the pressure from Iran will not create a new and peaceful Iraq Iraqi Prime Minister Haider [ More … ]
– Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus says Turkey’s presence in Iraq’s Bashiqa is ‘legitimate’ – Turkey will continue its presence in Iraq’s Bashiqa as long as needed, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Wednesday, according [ More … ]
BY: İbrahim Karagül* President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s speech yesterday contained statements signaling a deep change. Erdoğan, who particularly targets the reactions from Iraq, was actually indicating a radical change in Turkey’s security policies, while outlining [ More … ]
BY: İbrahim Karagül* We were exposed to a heavy terrorist attack yesterday. We lost 18 lives to martyrdom, 10 of them soldiers. There is no doubt that this PKK attack was more than a terrorist [ More … ]
– Turkish forces in northern Iraq are largely based in Bashiqa, a training camp northeast of Mosul – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had a phone conversation on Sunday, [ More … ]
BY: İHSAN AKTAŞ* At the outset of the United States’ occupation of Iraq, a significant wave of opposition against the Iraqi war emerged in the world public opinion, especially in the United Kingdom. As a result, [ More … ]
– State television shows hundreds of military vehicles and soldiers advancing towards Iraq’s western border with Syria – An Iraqi army division has been deployed to the Al-Ratba district near the Syrian border in the [ More … ]
BY: ÇETİNER ÇETİN* Following his talks in Bagdad and Erbil two weeks ago, it became apparent that U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken imposed the second nightmare scenario for the Iraqis after the 2003 [ More … ]
– Iraqi parliamentarians earlier this week described Turkish troops deployed in Iraq’s Nineveh province as ‘occupiers’ – Kurdish and Turkmen members of northern Iraq’s Kurdish parliament have described the Iraqi parliament’s characterization of Turkish troops [ More … ]
-FM Mevlut Cavusoglu says Bashiqa issue not serious problem if Iraq let goes of its domestic political concerns – Turkey seeks a solution in the aftermath of the Bashiqa issue despite Iraq’s negative attitudes, Foreign [ More … ]
– Erset Salihi says PKK presence in Iraq disturbing Turkmen people – Problems between Iraq and Turkey should be solved diplomatically, an Iraqi Turkmen leader said on Friday.Speaking at a press conference in Baghdad, Erset Salihi, leader [ More … ]
– Move comes days after Iraqi parliament describes Turkish troops deployed in northern Iraq as ‘occupiers’ – Iraq has formally called on the UN to convene an urgent meeting of the Security Council to discuss [ More … ]
-Turkey came at the request of local authorities to help rescue Mosul from Daesh occupation, says Numan Kurtulmus – The Iraqi parliament’s labeling Turkey’s military presence in the country “occupiers” is unacceptable, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus [ More … ]
BY: RAGIP SOYLU* There is an urgent sense in the Obama administration to begin the Mosul operation before a new president comes into office despite remaining major coordination issues. Turkey’s involvement in such an effort [ More … ]
– Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says decision against Turkey’s military presence does not reflect Iraqis – The Iraqi parliament’s rejection of Turkey’s military presence in the country is not a reflection of the feelings of [ More … ]
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