Turkey official warns on Iraq federalism
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Turkey's foreign minister warned Monday that a federal system in Iraq that could lead to autonomous Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish regions could break up the country and threaten the stability of the region.
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Turkeyâs prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, asked for help in the struggle against Kurdish separatists in Iraq.
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Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq said Wednesday that their forces would defend civilians if they were caught up in any fighting between Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels from the outlawed PKK in the area.
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Turkey paraded its military muscle Monday, amid stern warnings from Baghdad that any large-scale Turkish incursion against Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq would have "disastrous" results.
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The chief of Turkey's powerful military  General Staff accused Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq of  actively backing Turkish Kurd rebels there and said Ankara must  take action, a state news agency said on Saturday.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates urged Turkey on Sunday against using military force against Kurdish separatist forces in northern Iraq amid rising tensions in the border region.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan  vowed on Saturday to continue to hit Kurdistan Workers Party  (PKK) targets in Iraq and criticized EU countries for not  cracking down fully on PKK affiliates within the bloc.
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Turkey urged Iraqi electoral officials and the United Nations to examine what it claimed were skewed Iraqi elections results released Sunday, saying it was particularly concerned about vote tallies in the oil-rich and ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk.
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Turkey's military may stage more cross-border operations into northern Iraq to hunt down separatist Kurdish rebels, Turkey's parliament speaker said Thursday, as the justice minister again urged the rebels to surrender.
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A Turkish offensive against Kurdish rebels in Iraq would have major consequences, Iraq's foreign minister says.
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The U.S. State Department's No. 2 official discussed security preparations for this month's Iraq election during a Monday meeting with Turkish officials, who pressed him to move against thousands of autonomy-seeking Turkish Kurds based in northern Iraq.
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President George W. Bush assured Turkey on Monday that he was pressing the Iraqi government to stop Kurdish rebel attacks on its territory as the United States sought to prevent a Turkish military incursion into northern Iraq.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan  will urge the United States to take concrete action to crack  down on Kurdish guerrillas in Iraq, newspapers said on Sunday,  as a unilateral rebel ceasefire went into effect.
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Turkey warned Saturday that it could send troops into northern Iraq if talks with Iraqi and US officials after Sunday&#39;s general elections fail to produce effective measures against Kurdish rebels based there.
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Turkey's government is pondering an attack on Kurdish separatists based in northern Iraq, raising fears among people along the frontier that military action will scuttle cross-border trade and wreck the region's rejuvenated economy.
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - Turkish Prime Minister  Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that this weekend's Iraqi  election would not be fully democratic and was unlikely to stem  violence or help stabilize the country.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Saturday to continue to hit Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in Iraq and criticized EU countries for not cracking down fully on PKK affiliates within the bloc.