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22 May 2013 Wednesday
 
 
 
 
 
 

Iraq: Turkey is becoming hostile state

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (Photo: AA)
20 April 2012 / TODAYSZAMAN.COM
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has said Turkey is becoming an enemy state in the region in a sign of growing tensions between Turkey and Iraq.

Maliki’s harshest remarks so far came at a time when Turkey was hosting two senior Iraqi politicians who are at odds with his government. Leader of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Massoud Barzani arrived in Turkey for a two-day visit on Thursday and Iraq’s fugitive Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi is currently in İstanbul.

"The latest statements of (Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip) Erdoğan are another return to the process of interfering in Iraqi internal affairs and it confirms that Mr. Erdoğan is still living the illusion of regional hegemony," Maliki said in a statement posted on his website, AFP news agency reported.

Maliki said it is regrettable that Erdoğan’s statements have a sectarian dimension which he used to deny before but which have become clear, and are rejected by all Iraqis.

"Insisting on continuing these internal and regional policies will damage Turkey's interests and makes it a hostile state for all," Maliki said, AFP also reported.

Maliki and Erdoğan exchanged harsh accusations in previous months and ties between the two countries are seriously strained. Diverging positions in Syria and Turkey’s support for Hashemi are main points dividing Ankara and Baghdad.

Erdoğan warned against the latest situation in Iraq in a press conference earlier this week and signaled a troubling trend in the war-torn country under the current prime minister. Erdoğan blames Maliki for excluding Sunnis from power structures.

 
 
COMMENTS
Turkey's stance vis-a-vis Iraq is correct in the sense that PM Erdogan is telling Maliki the bitter truth - that Maliki is dividing Iraq into sectarian areas which will only lead to disaster. Iraq is already a 'basket' case and it will remain so unless its leaders heed good advice from neighbours l...
Observer
Will ZAMAN please tell me if al-Maliki is an Iraqi Arab. He sure does not look like an Arab. Is al-Maliki a Kurd, a Jew, the devil. Please tell me.
tedD
No Comments Esfandyar:)
Zahra niknafs
Maliki is like Hitler and Stalin and Pol Pot in one person.
Kurdi
Turkey should stay above this regional power struggle between Israel-GCC
kapitop
Nouri al-Maliki should wake up and realize that Iraqi peoples (Arabs of all denominations of Islam, Christians, Jews, if any left, Turks, Kurds and others) are truly hostile to each other. They cannot get along with themselves and kill each other by the dozens every day in most horrific ways. In ord...
mark rivers
So much for Davutoglu's 'Zero Problems with Neighbors' policy. Now Turkey has problems with Syria, Iraq, Iran, Cyprus, Israel, Russia, Armenia, Greece, Bulgaria and last but not least-the Entire EU. Davutoglu's reign as Turkey's FM has been an abject failure in every significant policy.
Yitzhak
This is not "Zero Problem Policy", rather a "Zero Policy Problem".
Israeli
Roger, the region has only enemy, and that enemy is Israel. your mother country. you need to focus on her, and her foreign policies instead.
nageyec
The entire world knows that Maliki is an Iranian puppet trying to eradicate any Sunni leadership in Iraqi politics. Turkey is speaking out against your oppression Mr Maliki and rightfully so. Unlike certain countries in the region, we care about what goes on in our neighbourhood so peace can be give...
Metin
@Esfandyar when are you going to grow up ? i've seen you commenting on zaman for more then a year now and always its the same with you whenever something positives happens break it down whenever something negative happens glorify it you are as black in your heart as Maliki is , he is the puppet of I...
Tugay
Who is al-Maliki?
zynell
Erdogan is right. Maliki IS excluding Sunnis from power structures. All independent observers known that. Erdogan can not help it if people are not open to realistic observations.
AliA
Zero problems with WHO?
VTiger
mr maliki TURKEY humane,tolerant,friendship country at least your "far atlantic friends or mullah regimes".
azeri
Nouri al-Maliki should wake up and realize that Iraqi peoples (Arabs of all denominations of Islam, Christians, Jews, if any left, Turks, Kurds and others) are truly hostile to each other. They cannot get along with themselves and kill each other by the dozens every day in most horrific ways. In ord...
mark rivers
Mr Maliki you may do whatever you like, Turkey will stay clear of your government. Instead of looking after the sick economy of Iraq, Mr Maliki's priority is to spend billions of dollars on raising a huge army. Instead of working for unity in the country he chose to sideline the Sunnis by going afte...
A. Khan
Roger, Israel is not a viable state. The region doesn't want you and it's just a matter of time before Uncle Sam goes down like any other empire, and then it will be your turn whatever the price.
Ezel
That's funny. The reality is that Turkiye is the least hostile state in the Middle East while remaining the strongest state in the Middle East. Iraq meanwhile became a TRUE terrorist state for the first time in its history AFTER the US began to rule it as a puppet state. The CIA currently funds a...
GeneralSherman
Will ZAMAN publish a biography of al-Maliki so that the Iraqi people, Arab world, and the entire world would know who is al-Maliki and where did he come from. So far he's acting like a US-Zionist puppet. Is al-Maliki a fake?
tedD
Turkey will always be hostile to those who cause sectarian violence (like Maliki), who visit war and destruction on the innocent civilians (like Assad and Netanyahoo). Turks whill support the oppressed and fight the oppressors, we oppose injustice wherever we see it, and I hope Turkey always remains...
Friend of Turks
It?s that zero-problems-with-neighbors policy of the great Turkish mastermind the blind mole!
GR
this is Erdogan's tactic: find enemies while destroying his non-Islamist military. The Israel thing did not work out too well, especially after he killed more of his own people in bombing runs than the Israelis did. Then he bullied Cyprus and they allied with Israel. Strike two. Then he tries for Sy...
Barry
Hand back Iraq to the true People of Iraq the proud Iraqis and not the puppet minority Kurdish occupiers placed there by the USA. and then there will be greater peace in the region.
Turkic Voice
Another one of those Turkish diplomatic success story.. Keep succeeding boys ..
Esfandyar
Turkey is on her way to become an enemy-state to everyone in the region, a result of her disastrous and much erranepus foreign policy. Good friends with terrorists, dictators and religious nuts doesn't lead to anywhere. Turkey had only ONE reliable ally on ME, but she preferred to snub it! Your faul...
roger
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