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Iraq-Turkey relations

Iraqis protest against Turkey's military offensive in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, in front of a Turkish visa centre in the central Iraqi city of Karbala on July 20, 2022. (Mohammed SAWAF / AFP)
July 21, 2022, 1:50 am
Iraqi PM: Turkey’s deadly shelling of Kurdistan a ‘flagrant sovereignty violation’
Mustafa al-Kadhimi warns that Baghdad reserves ‘right to retaliate’ after nine civilians, including children, killed in what Ankara says was attack by terror groups
By Ismail Adnan and Laure Al Khoury
Illustrative: Iraqi and Turkish tanks take part in a military exercise near the border with Iraqi Kurdistan at Silopi district in Sirnak on September 26, 2017. (AFP Photo/Ilyas Akengin)
June 17, 2020, 10:20 am
Turkey enters northern Iraq in ground operation against Kurdish rebels
Ankara says its first known airborne-and-land offensive in Iraqi territory is in line with international law following insurgents’ attacks on its military
By AP
Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi briefs journalists at a press conference in Tehran on August 22, 2016. (screen capture: YouTube)
October 24, 2016, 10:20 pm
Iran warns Turkey: Don’t violate Iraqi sovereignty
Tehran wades into dispute over presence of Turkish military near Mosul; Baghdad denies Ankara claims its troops aiding anti-IS offensive
By ToI Staff and AP
Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (AP/Hadi Mizban)
October 22, 2016, 7:59 pm
Iraq PM says ‘thanks but no thanks’ to Turkey on Mosul help
Ankara has been keen to take part in the offensive against IS, but al-Abadi is under internal pressure to reject the offer
By AFP
Iraqi protesters, most of them members of Shiite paramilitary forces, hold a demonstration to demand the withdrawal of Turkish forces from Iraq, in Baghdad's Tahrir Square, December 12, 2015. (AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)
December 14, 2015, 10:22 pm
Turkish troops withdraw from camp near Mosul
Presence of tanks and soldiers on Iraqi territory irritated Baghdad, but Ankara warns military units may return
By Abdel Hamid Zebari
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (C) and members of the anti-Islamic State coalition meet on June 2, 2015 in Paris, to discuss strategy in fighting the jihadists who have made key battlefield advances in recent weeks in Iraq and Syria. (AFP/ POOL/STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN)
December 5, 2015, 11:08 am
Baghdad tells Ankara to ‘immediately’ withdraw troops from Iraq
Prime minister’s office calls unauthorized deployment near IS stronghold in Mosul ‘a serious violation’
By AFP
Turkish soldiers prepare the coffins of fallen comrades killed in a Kurdish rebel attack before a ceremony at the military airport in Van, Turkey, Sept. 8, 2015. (IHA Agency via AP)
September 8, 2015, 4:33 pm
Turkish forces cross into Iraq for short-term PKK operation
Ankara says ground incursion aims to pursue Kurdish rebels responsible for roadside bomb that killed 16 of its soldiers
By Suzan Fraser
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters set up a post as they fight Islamic State militants in the town of Makhmur, southwest Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on August 21, 2014. (AFP/Ahmad aL-Rubaye)
July 25, 2015, 9:12 am
Turkish jets hit IS targets in Syria, Kurds in Iraq
Ankara says warplanes targeted PKK ‘logistical points’, does not specify IS targets but says assault was ‘effective’
By Suzan Fraser
Illustrative: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a news conference during a meeting with Romania's President at the Cotroceni Palace in Bucharest on April 1, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / DANIEL MIHAILESCU)
July 23, 2015, 5:27 am
Obama, Erdogan seek ‘deeper cooperation’ against IS
In phone call, leaders urge ‘common efforts’ to stabilize Syria, stem flow of foreign fighters through Turkey to jihadist groups
By AFP
File: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (screen capture: YouTube)
July 15, 2015, 2:11 am
Turkey vows to support Iraqi military, train police
Ankara has trained over 1,600 Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, 1,500 guards in Mosul in bid to fight Islamic State
By AP
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