Prime Minister Recep Erdogan said today that Turkey's policy remains the same, saying: "There is no change."
He was responding to recent comments by Kurdish leader Massud Barzani, the head of one of the two main Kurdish factions in northern Iraq, that Turkey has dropped its opposition to Iraqi Kurdish autonomy.
Turkey has traditionally resisted efforts by Iraq's Kurds to achieve broad autonomy, fearing that success could encourage similar demands by Turkey's own Kurdish minority.
(AFP)
He was responding to recent comments by Kurdish leader Massud Barzani, the head of one of the two main Kurdish factions in northern Iraq, that Turkey has dropped its opposition to Iraqi Kurdish autonomy.
Turkey has traditionally resisted efforts by Iraq's Kurds to achieve broad autonomy, fearing that success could encourage similar demands by Turkey's own Kurdish minority.
(AFP)
