"Gul's Visit to Baghdad: A Sign of Rapprochement With The Kurds?
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 6 Issue: 56
March 24, 2009 03:27 PM Age: 41 min
Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Turkey, Foreign Policy, Home Page
By: Emrullah Uslu
Turkey's President Abdullah Gul arrived in Iraq on March 23, becoming the first Turkish president to visit the country in 33 years, where he was warmly welcomed by Iraq's President Jalal Talabani. Gul's visit to Iraq was originally scheduled for December 20, 2008 but a chronic ear infection resulted in its postponement. Speculation had mounted over the past three months that he might use the opportunity to make a symbolic visit to Arbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) (Sabah, December 15)."
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