Turkey Monday denied media reports it had closed its southern border gate with northern Iraq in response to the independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan, but said strict controls were in place. “Habur border gate has not been closed,” Customs Minister Bulent Tufenkci was quoted as saying by the state-run Anadolu ...
Turkey said on Monday it will take “all measures” under international law if the Iraqi Kurdish independence referendum being held on Monday generates threats to Turkey’s national security. Turkish Foreign Ministry issued a statement as voting started in northern Iraq in a referendum organized by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), ...
