Ankara follows Kurds’ movements in Kirkuk

Turkey launched initiatives and held contacts both in Ankara and Washington D.C. with American officials, while Gul was following the developments with concerned departments in the ministry. Following the contacts, the United States reinforced its forces in the region and took some additional measures to control the incidents.

While initiatives were also launched in Baghdad about the issue, Turkey also held contact with Ankara representation of Iraqi Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (IKYB). Ankara asked PUK to be more careful and noted that Turkey was closely following the developments and it did not approve them.

Diplomatic sources said that such provocative activities would not be beneficial for anybody in this sensitive period and they warned that those activities could harm the relative peace in north of Iraq.