"Barzani: Turkey should Get Used to Kurdish State
By Cetiner Cetin
Published: Friday 04, 2005
zaman.com
Iraqi Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Mesud Barzani has said it is unacceptable for Turkey to declaring Kerkuk (Kirkuk) as a 'red line'.
Turkey should not interfere with Iraq's internal affairs, Barzani said: 'It is our very natural right to have a state. This fact should be seen from now on and accepted.' Barzani spoke to Zaman at his compound in Erbil yesterday (Feburary 3) where he spoke about a possible Kurdish state and Kirkuk. Barzani said their first priority at this moment is a federal Kurdish state: 'We cannot agree with Turkey on two issues. One is the Kirkuk issue and the other is the situation of a federative Kurdistan within Iraq.' The Kurdish leader expressed that they do not want Ankara to intervene in the region and added that Turkish military intervention in the region might be tragic for both parties. "
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