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Turkish PM calls for fight against PKK
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February 21, 2007
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on
Tuesday called for a joint fight against the
outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), local media
reported.
During a meeting with visiting Iraqi Vice President
Adel Abdul mahdi, Erdogan said that Turkey attached
importance to Iraq's security and stability and
supported Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki's
plan aimed at ensuring public order in Baghdad.
Erdogan said that Iraq's political unity and
territorial integrity should be preserved.
The normalization process, envisaged by the
Constitution, has not been achieved in the northern
Iraqi city of Kirkuk, he said, adding that a
referendum should be delayed.
They also discussed recent developments in Iraq and
joint fight against the PKK.
For his part, al-Mahdi, who arrived here earlier in
the day for an official visit to Turkey, said that
Kirkuk is an important issue, and efforts should be
exerted to find a solution that satisfies all the
parties. |
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Iraqi vice president Adel Abdul mahdi |
He said that some measures have been taken against
the PKK, adding that Iraq would not allow the
terrorist organization to take shelter in the Iraqi
territories.
He said that it would take some time to fully ensure
security and stability in Iraq.
Source: Xinhua
** The use of the term "Kurdistan" is vigorously
rejected due to its alleged political implications
by the Republic of Turkey, which does not recognize
the existence of a "Turkish Kurdistan" Southeast
Turkey.
Others estimate as many as 40 million Kurds live in
Big Kurdistan (Iraq, Turkey, Syria, Iran, Armenia),
which covers an area as big as France, about half of
all Kurds which estimate to 20 million live in
Turkey.
Turkey is home to some 20 million ethnic Kurds, some
of whom openly sympathise with the Kurdish PKK for a
Kurdish homeland in the country's mainly Kurdish
southeast of Turkey
The Kurdish flag flown officially in Iraqi Kurdistan but
unofficially flown by Kurds in Armenia. The flag is
banned in Iran, Syria, and Turkey where flying it is
a criminal offence"
Southeastern Turkey:
North Kurdistan (
Kurdistan-Turkey) wikipedia
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