"Is Turkey still playing Turkmens card in Iraq?
Ilnur Cevik
ilnurcevik@yahoo.com
09 August 2006
Two Turkish senior foreign policy officials, the prime minister's chief advisor for foreign affairs Ahmet Davutoglu and Foreign Ministry Coordinator for Iraq Ambassador Oguz Celikkol have hosted 'some' Turkmens leaders from Iraq, including seven Shiite officials and the head of the ailing Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITC) which was battered in the elections. Iraq's Vice President Tariq Hashemi was also at the gathering in Istanbul."
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