The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, visited Erbil, the capital of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan, where authorities met with in which is the first visit by a Turkish head of government to this city. Erdogan, accompanied by a delegation of politicians and economists, was greeted at the airport in Erbil by the president of Kurdistan, Massoud Barazani, and Prime Minister Burham Saleh Ahmed, said the website of the Government of Kurdistan.
Was expected that Erdogan visit the regional authorities tried to counter the Workers Party of Kurdistan (PKK), outlawed in Turkey and based in this region of Iraq. Were not disclosed details of the talks on this issue, motivated by the fact that the PKK uses the region as a base for armed attacks against Turkish territory.
In a speech during the inauguration of the Erbil International Airport, Erdogan said his country hopes to end the policy that did not recognize the presence of the Kurdish people in Turkey. Stressed the "historic ties" linking his country with Iraq and the Iraqi Kurdistan region and indicated that the Erbil airport will "factor approach to the Turkish and Kurdish people." So far private companies chartered flights between Turkey and Kurdistan, but from early next April will be the airline "Turkish Airlines" which also organize direct flights between Istanbul and Erbil.
For his part, President of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan described the visit as "historic" and said he had been a "courageous decision" of Erdogan. In this sense, consider this step as "a key to major projects in the future, opening new prospects for bilateral cooperation." Erdogan, the two-day official visit to Iraq, said yesterday before the Iraqi parliament that "Turkey wants to see a united Iraq that will guarantee peace and prosperity for its people and the entire area." The head of the Turkish government said his country supports all Iraqis, without prejudice to any religious community, noting that one of the biggest problems between Turkey and Iraq are the headquarters of the PKK.
The PKK took up arms against Ankara in 1984 to claim the autonomy of the 12 million Kurds living in Turkey. Since then, more than 35 000 people have died in clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish rebels. 
Was expected that Erdogan visit the regional authorities tried to counter the Workers Party of Kurdistan (PKK), outlawed in Turkey and based in this region of Iraq. Were not disclosed details of the talks on this issue, motivated by the fact that the PKK uses the region as a base for armed attacks against Turkish territory.
In a speech during the inauguration of the Erbil International Airport, Erdogan said his country hopes to end the policy that did not recognize the presence of the Kurdish people in Turkey. Stressed the "historic ties" linking his country with Iraq and the Iraqi Kurdistan region and indicated that the Erbil airport will "factor approach to the Turkish and Kurdish people." So far private companies chartered flights between Turkey and Kurdistan, but from early next April will be the airline "Turkish Airlines" which also organize direct flights between Istanbul and Erbil.
For his part, President of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan described the visit as "historic" and said he had been a "courageous decision" of Erdogan. In this sense, consider this step as "a key to major projects in the future, opening new prospects for bilateral cooperation." Erdogan, the two-day official visit to Iraq, said yesterday before the Iraqi parliament that "Turkey wants to see a united Iraq that will guarantee peace and prosperity for its people and the entire area." The head of the Turkish government said his country supports all Iraqis, without prejudice to any religious community, noting that one of the biggest problems between Turkey and Iraq are the headquarters of the PKK.
The PKK took up arms against Ankara in 1984 to claim the autonomy of the 12 million Kurds living in Turkey. Since then, more than 35 000 people have died in clashes between Turkish security forces and Kurdish rebels.
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