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Saturday, January 15, 2005

Tension in Kerkuk Escalates

"Tension in Kerkuk Escalates
By Suleyman Kurt
Published: Saturday 15, 2005
zaman.com

Ankara has said before the elections in Iraq that changing the demographic structure of Kerkuk (Kirkuk) by encouraging Kurdish people to move there is impossible to accept.
The US announced on January 13 its support for Iraq's temporary administrative law to be applied completely, including the 58th article for those exiled from Kirkuk in Saddam's period to return the city. Talking yesterday to CNN Turk, Osman Koruturk, Special Representative of Turkey in Iraq, has warned that impositions in Kirkuk would lead to interventions. "

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