Will Turkey midwife an independent Iraqi Kurdish state?
The surprise talks on July 14 between Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his guest, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani, represented one party entangled in electoral politics and another squeezed between his aspirations for independence — a cherished aim for the Kurds dispersed mainly in four countries of the Middle East — and realpolitik constraints.
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