Turkey will continue its presence in Iraq's Bashiqa as long as needed, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Wednesday.
Speaking at Anadolu Agency’s Editors’ Desk in Ankara, Kurtulmus said: "Turkey's presence in Bashiqa is legitimate. We will continue our presence there as long as Turkey is needed there."
He said Turkey’s presence in the Iraqi region was for the purpose of supporting the people of Mosul.
Within the scope of the train-and-equip program, Turkey – like any other country in the international coalition – trained people who will save Mosul, he said.
He said Turkey had trained Turkmen, Arabs and Peshmerga in Bashiqa, adding that over 4,000 people from Mosul were also given training.
Turkish Special Forces have been training Kurdish Peshmerga forces at the Bashiqa Camp, located roughly 12 kilometers (7.45 miles) northeast of the Daesh-held city of Mosul, since last year at the request of the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government.
A day after the Turkish parliament voted on Oct. 3 to extend its army’s mandate at Bashiqa Camp, Iraqi lawmakers rejected the extension and demanded a review of the country’s ties with Turkey...
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12/10/16
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Speaking at Anadolu Agency’s Editors’ Desk in Ankara, Kurtulmus said: "Turkey's presence in Bashiqa is legitimate. We will continue our presence there as long as Turkey is needed there."
He said Turkey’s presence in the Iraqi region was for the purpose of supporting the people of Mosul.
Within the scope of the train-and-equip program, Turkey – like any other country in the international coalition – trained people who will save Mosul, he said.
He said Turkey had trained Turkmen, Arabs and Peshmerga in Bashiqa, adding that over 4,000 people from Mosul were also given training.
Turkish Special Forces have been training Kurdish Peshmerga forces at the Bashiqa Camp, located roughly 12 kilometers (7.45 miles) northeast of the Daesh-held city of Mosul, since last year at the request of the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government.
A day after the Turkish parliament voted on Oct. 3 to extend its army’s mandate at Bashiqa Camp, Iraqi lawmakers rejected the extension and demanded a review of the country’s ties with Turkey...
[aa.com.tr]
12/10/16
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Turkey is determined to prevent a planned operation to push out Islamic State (IS) militants from the Iraqi city of Mosul from causing "blood and fire" in the region due to sectarian conflict, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteTurkey is being "indecently" targeted on the issue of Mosul because it is upsetting the regional balances, Erdogan also told a judiciary ceremony in comments broadcast live.
Despite objections from Baghdad, Ankara wants to keep the troops it has stationed at the Bashiqa military camp in northern Iraq until IS militants have been driven from Mosul.
REUTERS
12/10/16