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Erdogan: Airspace, borders of Iraqi Kurdish region to be shut soon
 [DPA-INTERNATIONAL] ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... said Thursday that soon the airspace and borders to the Iraqi Kurdish region will be shut as part of the fallout from the region's recent vote for independence. "Now, all the air spaces will also be shut down; flights have already been banned. Who will come, how are you going to leave? Soon borders will be closed too. How are you going to go in and out?" Erdogan said in televised remarks from a meeting with community leaders in Ankara. "This is not over, it has only started," Erdogan said in an escalation of rhetoric, noting that the Iraqi Kurdish region is surrounded by Iran, ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , Syria and Iraq itself. The neighbours are concerned their own Kurdish minorities could seek to break away. Baghdad and Ankara have imposed a ban on international flights to and from Kurdistan's airports as part of the backlash. The Kurds called the move "collective punishment." Baghdad said the flights would resume if the central government assumes control of the airports. Erdogan was in Iran on Wednesday and both sides stressed their opposition to the referendum held last month, which was also rejected by world powers, including the United States. Posted by: Fred 2017-10-06 |
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