The region’s countries are against the referendumIraq’s neighbors, including Turkey and Iran, have adopted a strict stance against the referendum as they foresee the heavy costs of managing the potential risks of a possible independence in northern Iraq.
Another reality marked by the results of the election is that competing with far-right AfD in xenophobia and Islamophobia, along with competing amongst themselves in anti-Turkey sentiments, did not yield any benefits for centrist parties.
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While new peace talks for solving the Syrian crisis were laid by the UN earlier this week, Erdogan said that “As Turkey and Russia, we have reconfirmed our determination to maintain our joint will and close cooperation to find a political solution for the Syrian conflict.
During a police graduation ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, President Erdogan stated that Turkey would not permit new “Lawrences of Arabia” to unsettle the region.
Turkey continues to aid the Rohingya
Whilst the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has maintained the lead in providing humanitarian assistance to the Rohingya living on camps in Bangladesh, Turkey-based Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) said on Tuesday that it has delivered emergency food aid to 3,125 Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State.
hile prior to the referendum countries such as US and Turkey made it clear that the independence referendum initiated by the Barzani family-run Kurdistan Regional Government was illegitimate, calls from the international community continue post-referendum.
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The decision to hold the referendum has not only diminished relations with Turkey but also with Iran, that the country has already closed its border with northern Iraq.
Turkey’s assistance
Talking to Anadolu Agency, Mufid al-Hassaina, Palestine’s Minister of Public Works thanked the Turkish government and the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) for their humanitarian efforts in the Gaza Strip.
Leader of MHP, Bahceli, issued a written statement from the headquarters of the Nationalist Movement Party claiming that “it has become inevitable for Turkey to pursue an effective and comprehensive deterrence policy that includes the use of military force, and it has become inevitable for them to progressively determine coercive measures and gradually implement them.
ver the course of debate surrounding the Kurdish independence referendum proposed by the Kurdistan Regional Government’s leader Masoud Barzani, countries such as Turkey, the U.
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On the other side, Boeing Vice Chairman Ray Conner highlighted the fact that the purchase of the planes would help Boeing reach its long-term target to expand its presence in Turkey.
While Turkey has maintained the lead in providing humanitarian assistance to the Rohingya in need, as the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), accompanied by First Lady Emine Erdogan, delivered 1,000 tons of aid, lately the Philippines explained that the ASEAN trust fund may be used to help persecuted Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh.