Five military headquarters for Turkish troops in Iraq

Regarding the number of soldiers in the possible deployment, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul recently spoke of some 10,000 troops, a number also heard elsewhere, at a cost of $20 million a month. Meanwhile, Ankara has stressed it doesn’t want its presence in Iraq to be only military in nature, but should also be in order to improve living conditions there. Turkish troops will undertake the job of renovating hospitals, schools, public buildings, etc. which were damaged or destroyed during the war, as well as work to ensure a steady water and power supply for the Iraqi people.