Friday, January 28, 2005

KurdishMedia News - Turkey won't sit back over Kirkuk spillover

"Turkey won�t sit back over Kirkuk spillover

28/01/2005 Turkish Daily News - By Yusuf Kanli
ANKARA /CRACOW �(TDN) Turkey doesn�t want to be drawn into a conflict that could erupt over a boiling dispute regarding control of the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, but nobody should expect Ankara to sit back and watch if developments there spill over, destabilizing neighboring Iraq, Foreign Minister Abdullah G�l indicated yesterday.

�Spoiling the demographic structure of Kirkuk would be a serious threat for the future of all of Iraq. Turkey is very worried about the reports of the demographic manipulation,� G�l told the Turkish Daily News in an exclusive interview on his way to Poland, where, along with other foreign dignitaries, he will honor the victims of Auschwitz and commemorate the camp�s liberation by Russian soldiers near the end of World War II. "

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