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What is Turkey’s real goal in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region? - analysis

What is Turkey’s real goal in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region? - analysis
What is Turkey’s real goal in northern Iraq’s Kurdish region? - analysis

2021-06-16 00:00:00 - From: Iraq News


Over the last several years, Turkey has widely expanded its role in northern Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region. Turkey had maintained bases and a presence in the area for decades, dating back to the 1990s, a result of Turkey being enabled to expand into Iraq as the Iraqi state weakened.