"'We do not Appreciate Erdogan's Interference'
Friday, February 04 2005 @ 08:16 AM Central Standard Time
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Leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Jalal Talabani declared his official candidacy for either prime ministry or presidency yesterday and determined that the issue of Kerkuk's (Kirkuk) annexation to Kurdistan would be very significant in terms of forming political alliances.
Answering questions of the reporters, Talabani said: 'Kirkuk is very important for Kurds. Therefore, we participated in the elections on a single list. The unofficial election result in Kirkuk is 75 percent for the Kurds. It was claimed that there were four million Turkmen living in Kirkuk but this has been shown false in the elections. It was a free vote free of intimidation in Kirkuk, the results are the real election results.' "
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