AFP (30 March 2017)
Turkey on Wednesday voiced its opposition to a vote in the disputed oil-rich Iraqi city of Kirkuk to fly the Kurdish flag over government buildings, warning against “unilateral steps”.
Provincial councilors in Kirkuk province voted Tuesday to fly the Kurdish regional flag, a move likely to escalate tension between Baghdad and Ankara.
Iraqi Kurds are close to Ankara, but Turkey said it opposed flying the flag because it does not want to encourage any change in the composition of Kirkuk, which is also home to Turkmens.
Kirkuk is at the centre of a long-running dispute over northern territory that Kurdish authorities want to incorporate into their autonomous region, a move the federal government in Baghdad opposes.
“We don’t find correct the vote held by the regional administration”, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told the state-run TRT television.
“First of all it would not be correct to change that region’s ethnic composition,” he said, adding that “faits accomplis” or “unilateral steps” would bring no benefit.
“We are supporting Iraq’s and Syria’s territorial integrity.”
The United Nations has also warned that the decision to fly the Kurdish flag over the citadel in Kirkuk could inflame tensions.
Kirkuk is home to various religious and ethnic communities, some of which — notably Arabs and Turkmen — do not want to see the province under permanent Kurdish control.
No comments yet.
- MALIKI SAYS THE TURKEY CONFERENCE IS AIMED AT DIVIDING IRAQ Iraq 30.03.2017
- CMO URGES INT’L COMMUNITY TO LEGALLY ASSESS ARMENIA’S ACTS OF GENOCIDE AGAINST AZERBAIJANIS The Caucasus and Turkish-Armenian Relations 30.03.2017
- IRAQI FORCES BATTLE TO MOSUL MOSQUE, 17 KILLED IN BAGHDAD Iraq 30.03.2017
-
OSCE MG: RESPECT FOR CEASEFIRE IMPORTANT FOR TALKS ON KARABAKH CONFLICT The Caucasus and Turkish-Armenian Relations 30.03.2017
- FRANCE ELECTION: EX-PM VALLS BACKS MACRON FOR PRESIDENT Europe - EU 30.03.2017
-
THE ARMENIAN QUESTION - BASIC KNOWLEDGE AND DOCUMENTATION -
THE TRUTH WILL OUT -
RADİKAL ERMENİ UNSURLARCA GERÇEKLEŞTİRİLEN MEZALİMLER VE VANDALİZM -
PATRIOTISM PERVERTED -
MEN ARE LIKE THAT -
BAKÜ-TİFLİS-CEYHAN BORU HATTININ YAŞANAN TARİHİ -
INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS ON THE EVENTS OF 1915 -
FAKE PHOTOS AND THE ARMENIAN PROPAGANDA -
ERMENİ PROPAGANDASI VE SAHTE RESİMLER -
A Letter From Japan - Strategically Mum: The Silence of the Armenians -
Japonya'dan Bir Mektup - Stratejik Suskunluk: Ermenilerin Sessizliği -
Anastas Mikoyan: Confessions of an Armenian Bolshevik -
Sovyet Sonrası Ukrayna’da Devlet, Toplum ve Siyaset - Değişen Dinamikler, Dönüşen Kimlikler -
Ermeni Sorunuyla İlgili İngiliz Belgeleri (1912-1923) - British Documents on Armenian Question (1912-1923) -
Turkish-Russian Academics: A Historical Study on the Caucasus -
Gürcistan'daki Müslüman Topluluklar: Azınlık Hakları, Kimlik, Siyaset -
Armenian Diaspora: Diaspora, State and the Imagination of the Republic of Armenia -
ERMENİ SORUNU - TEMEL BİLGİ VE BELGELER (2. BASKI)
-
CONFERENCE TITLED “HUNGARY’S PERSPECTIVES ON THE TURKIC WORLD"