...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire....
have agreed that the latter can launch military operations on the joint borders presumably targeting anti-
Meeting with Iraqi Justice Minister Haider al-Zamili in Baghdad,
"Turkey is prepared to cooperate with the Iraqi government in the field of counter-terrorism and entrenching the illusory sovereignty of both countries," the statement quoted Yildiz saying.
On his side, the Iraqi minister said "Iraq has shown good intentions in
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...said in a speech in Ankara on Monday his country would, at any time, launch operations in Iraq’s northern Sinjar region against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a group designated by Ankara as a terrorist group for engaging in decades of armed confrontations with it.
Turkey has also been carrying out offensives since January against Kurdish factions in Afrin, northwest of Syria.
It has regularly conducted
s against PKK locations in norther Iraq.