Turkey believes Iraqi Kurds, who voted in large numbers in Sunday's election, are trying to take control of Kirkuk at the expense of local Arabs and Turkish-speaking Turkmens.
Ankara fears this could herald a concerted drive to build an independent Kurdish state in northern Iraq which might in turn reignite separatism among the Kurds of southeastern Turkey.
Erdogan said U.S. President George W. Bush had assured him he would look into the matter but had done nothing so far.
Speaking in Ankara on Monday, U.S. Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith, an architect of the Iraq war, tried to reassure Turkey, making clear Washington still opposed Kurdish separatism.
Daily Star article
Tuesday, February 01, 2005
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