"Erdogan: We Won't Stand by Quietly as Kirkuk Turns Kurdish
Written by The Media Line Staff
Published Thursday, January 11, 2007
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Wednesday that his country would not stand by idly as attempts were being made to assimilate the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk into the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, the Turkish daily Hurriyet reported.
The new Iraqi constitution calls for a census and a referendum to take place in Kirkuk sometime during 2007, to determine if the city will be assimilated into the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq."
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