Turkey’s Changing Relations with Iraq: Kurdistan Up, Baghdad Down
Soner Cagaptay and Tyler Evans
October 2012
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Turkey's ties with the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq have reached a level unimaginable a few years ago. From rapidly growing business and oil deals to numerous high-level diplomatic visits, Ankara is in the midst of an unprecedented rapprochement with the Iraqi Kurds, one that has come largely at the expense of the Maliki government in Baghdad.
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