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Iraqi PM Warns Turkey to not Enter Its Territory

Iraqi PM Warns Turkey to not Enter Its Territory

As to Turkey’s deployment to Iraqi border, Iraqi PM Haider Abadi has said “We do not want to fight Turkey. God forbid, even if we engage in war with them, the Turks will pay a heavy price. Whenever a country fights a neighboring country, there will be no winner, both will end up losing,"

2 November 2016

Iraq: Turkey Did Not Join Mosul Operation

Iraq: Turkey Did Not Join Mosul Operation

Iraqi army has denied the claims that the Turkish army had joined the Mosul operation.

25 October 2016

PM Yıldırım: We Provide Support for the Peshmerga

PM Yıldırım: We Provide Support for the Peshmerga

Stating that the peshmerga forces demanded support, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has noted that the Turkish forces in Bashiqa supported these forces against ISIS.

24 October 2016

PYD Co-Chair Müslim: YPG Never Attacked Turkey, Turkey Would Never Fight ISIS

PYD Co-Chair Müslim: YPG Never Attacked Turkey, Turkey Would Never Fight ISIS

PYD co-Chair Salih Müslim has stated that Turkish Air Forces have been hitting areas resided by civilians in airstrikes and made other remarks on the Mosul operation, relations with Assad, and what had been going on in Aleppo.

21 October 2016

‘Nobody Accepts Turkey’s Ottomanism Discourse’

INTERVIEW WITH ASST. PROF. DR. ARGUN BAŞKAN

‘Nobody Accepts Turkey’s Ottomanism Discourse’

Asst. Prof. Dr. Argun Başkan has commented on Turkey’s discourses of Misak-ı Milli and participating both in the operation and the negotiations for Mosul for bianet.

20 October 2016 Ekin Karaca

Defence Minister Işık: We Will Join Mosul Airstrikes

Defence Minister Işık: We Will Join Mosul Airstrikes

Defence Minister Işık has stated “We have reached an agreement with the coalition forces on the participation of our air forces in the Mosul operation”.

19 October 2016

Erdoğan on Iran-backed Forces: Bring It On

Erdoğan on Iran-backed Forces: Bring It On

President Erdoğan has spoken of why Turkey is against the Mosul operation, warned Iran-backed forces reportedly to participate in the operation.

18 October 2016

Contradictory Statements by PM Yıldırım on Turkey’s Participation in Mosul

Contradictory Statements by PM Yıldırım on Turkey’s Participation in Mosul

PM Yıldırım who has announced that the Turkish Air Forces has joined the operation run in Mosul following the AKP group meeting, has now said “I don’t know the details of the operations held in Mosul right now”.

18 October 2016

Barzani: There Must Be Consensus Between Baghdad, Ankara

Barzani: There Must Be Consensus Between Baghdad, Ankara

Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government President Barzani has said that there won’t be a demographical change in Mosul in post-ISIS period.

17 October 2016

Erdoğan: We Will Participate in Both Mosul Operation, Negotiations

Erdoğan: We Will Participate in Both Mosul Operation, Negotiations

President Erdoğan has said Turkey will participate in Mosul operation and as for Syria, Erdoğan told “Sorry but we will go into it and we’ve done it”.

17 October 2016