Turkey opposes the expansion of war to cover Iraq

Originally published December 28, 2001

The Turkish army chief of staff Hussein kefrik Ottlo has expressed his opposition to expanding the war led by the USA in Afghanistan to include Iraq.

The BBC quoted the said Turkish official as saying that extending this war to Iraq will have worse reflections on Turkey than what happened in the Gulf war in 1991. A matter which will bring in new economic and political problems to Turkey.

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