Turkey Moves To Reestablish Ties With Iraq; U.S. Officials Say Actions Are...

The Washington Post;  October 14, 2000 ;     664 words ......any more." "The sanctions on Iraq have cost Turkey a very, very high price," a...behind." Prior to the sanctions, Iraq was Turkey's fourth-largest trading partner...make a direct linkage between Turkey's policy on Iraq and fluctuations in Turkish...

Update: Turkey PM says ready to help Iraq solve "difficulties"

Xinhua News Agency;  July 10, 2008 ;     570 words ......PKK) rebels based in northern Iraq. Turkey has been frequently assaulted...operations drew strong reaction from Iraq which accuses Turkey of violating its sovereignty...to see the tension escalated. Turkey is Iraq's major investor, especially...

TURKEY VOTES TO SEND TROOPS FOR IRAQ EFFORT

The Boston Globe;  October 8, 2003 ;     695 words ......become an occupation force in Iraq with the United States. Turkey's vote is a victory for...States would be working with Turkey and Iraq on putting it into effect...opposed to sending troops to Iraq, which neighbors Turkey to the south. Members of...

Turkey weighs economic, political costs of a Gulf war; Ankara waits for a...

The Christian Science Monitor;  January 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ......restless drivers waiting at Turkey's only functioning border crossing with Iraq, a sense of fear hangs...bases for a war against Iraq. Turkey says it has lost up to...Before the Gulf War, Iraq was Turkey's second-largest trading...

Turkey discards plans to send troops to Iraq

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  November 8, 2003 ;     603 words ......violent insurgency in Iraq. The Bush administration has been pressing Turkey for months to send...loan promised for Turkey's "cooperation in Iraq." "Foreign Minister...Iraqi people and that Turkey would assume a key role in Iraq's stability and restructuring...

Turkey decides against sending troops to Iraq

Charleston Gazette;  November 8, 2003 ;     621 words ......violent insurgency in Iraq. The Bush administration has been pressing Turkey for months to send...loan promised for Turkey's "cooperation in Iraq." "Foreign Minister...Iraqi people and that Turkey would assume a key role in Iraq's stability and restructuring...

Turkey says a stable Iraq is a priority but delays decision on...

AP Worldstream;  August 22, 2003 ;     593 words ......deployment of U.S. troops in Turkey for an Iraq operation. U.N. backing would...share the burden of patrolling Iraq. Peacekeepers from Turkey would have added significance...remote mountains of northern Iraq. Turkey is also apparently pressing...

Pragmatism prevails, so far; Turkey and the Kurds.(Turkey, its own Kurds...

The Economist (US);  October 11, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Erdogan wants to promote Turkey as a big player in Iraq--and in the Middle East...Turkish presence. Even Iraq's Turkomen minority, whose rights Turkey has promised to safeguard...fastnesses of northern Iraq. He has been Turkey's public enemy number...

Turkey Says a Stable Iraq Is a Priority

AP Online;  August 22, 2003 ;     634 words ......allow U.S. troops to deploy in Turkey for the Iraq war. U.N. backing would make...to expand Turkish influence. Iraq was one of Turkey's largest trading partners before...remote mountains of northern Iraq. Turkey is also apparently pressing...

Analysis: Turkey's position on a possible war in Iraq

NPR All Things Considered;  January 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ......allowing US troops to attack Iraq from Turkey. He said that he'll give...Kurdish political parties. Turkey worries if Kurds in northern Iraq are granted either official...Washington is insisting that Turkey will be better off once Iraq is democratized. A senior...

Turkey will not send troops to Iraq, a setback for U.S. hopes of more...

AP Worldstream;  November 7, 2003 ;     644 words ......violent insurgency in Iraq. The Bush administration has been pressing Turkey for months to send...loan promised for Turkey's "cooperation in Iraq." "Foreign Minister...Iraqi people and that Turkey would assume a key role in Iraq's stability and restructuring...

Turkey authorizes push into Iraq ; Bush urges restraint in Kurdish north

The Boston Globe;  October 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ......who have attacked Turkey from bases in Iraq with relative impunity...to bring order to Iraq. While Iraq and the United States share Turkey's concerns, Bush...said. Yesterday Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki called Turkey's Prime Minister...

Turkey will not send troops to Iraq

AP Worldstream;  November 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ......increasingly violent insurgency in Iraq. Washington has been pressing Turkey for months to send what...U.S.-led occupation of Iraq, Turkey's neighbor to the southeast...billion loan promised for Turkey's "cooperation in Iraq." Turkish Foreign Ministry...

Profile: Turkey's role in possible US war against Iraq

NPR Morning Edition;  January 9, 2003 ;     700+ words ......their troops to mobilize along Turkey' s border with Iraq. From Ankara, NPR's Guy Raz...before the Gulf War in 1991, Iraq was Turkey's second-largest trading partner...000 American soldiers along Turkey's border with Iraq. It's an idea that, so far...

Turkey's Iraq war

The Boston Globe;  February 26, 2008 ;     445 words ...TURKEY'S current military offensive inside northern Iraq has touched off a crisis...Government in the north of Iraq has charged that Turkey has an ulterior motive...leave troops in northern Iraq, to block PKK routes into southeastern Turkey, even after its main invasion...