Turkey set to shut out Kurdistan as it closes Northern Iraq border and airspace
Thu Oct 05, 2017 02:09:pm World
3.8K By Sharon Ayomide
- Turkey set to shut out Kurdistan as it closes Northern Iraq border and airspace.
- President Erdogan calls Kurdish Regional Government in northern Iraq ingrates.
- Calls on Kurdish Regional Government to learn from their mistakes and take steps to rectify them.
The President of Turkey President Tayyip Erdogan has on Thursday stated that he is set to close its border with Northern Iraq and also close its airspace as a direct response to the region's independence referendum held last week.
"Flights to northern Iraq have already been suspended, the air space and borders will also close soon," Erdogan said in a speech in the Turkish capital, Ankara.
Erdogan said the decision to hold the referendum showed the "perfect ingratitude" of the Kurdish Regional Government in northern Iraq, which had developed close commercial and political ties with Turkey.
"We demand the KRG take the necessary lesson from their mistakes and take steps to compensate for them as soon as possible," Erdogan said.
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