Mustafa Barzani

Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli has voiced his discomfort with the government's rapprochement with Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) leader Massoud Barzani, asking whether the "government prefers Barzani" to the MHP. 

The discussions the president of the Regional Kurdish Administration (KRG) in northern Iraq, Massoud Barzani, had in Turkey were noteworthy. Barzani met Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım a short while ago in Munich. On his return, he met President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Istanbul and then met Yıldırım again in Ankara. 

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) have engaged in a spat on the raising of the flag of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) during Massoud Barzani's visit to Istanbul on Feb. 26. 

Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani met Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on Feb. 27 to discuss the struggle against the Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant (ISL) in Iraq and Syria, Turkey's support for the KRG in overcoming its economic crisis, the presence of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq's Sinjar region, as well as energy issues.

The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) flag was raised at Istanbul's Atatürk Airport on Feb. 26 for the official visit of the leader of the autonomous Iraqi region.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim met Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani in Munich on Feb. 19 on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. 

Turkey expects more concrete and goal-oriented moves from Baghdad and Arbil in the fight against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a senior government official has said, stressing that anti-terror fight and the status of the Turkish military training camp in Bashiqa will be among top issues to be discussed during Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım's visit to Iraq this weekend. 

Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani visited Turkey on Nov. 23 and held talks with turkey's president, prime minister and foreign minister, during which he focused on the ongoing Mosul offensive and the detention of Ahmet Türk, the ousted mayor of Mardin. 

Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani has called on global leaders to acknowledge that the Sykes-Picot pact that led to the boundaries of the modern Middle East has failed, urging them to broker a new deal paving the way for a Kurdish state in an interview with the Guardian.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu hosted Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani in two separate meetings in Istanbul on Dec. 26.

Erdo?an welcomed Barzani at the Mabeyn Mansion in Istanbul's Y?ld?z Palace, where they had a 90-minute closed-door meeting.