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Turkish Officials Wary Of Independent Iraqi Kurdistan Despite Economic Gains

Turkish Officials Wary Of Independent Iraqi Kurdistan Despite Economic Gains
By Erin Banco
on June 23 2014 3:23 PM

ISTANBUL, Turkey — As Kurds inside Iraq exploit the chaos gripping the country to press for the establishment of an independent state, one key player is casting a wary glance at this development: the Turkish government, which has for decades used force to suppress a Kurdish independence movement in southeastern Turkey.

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