Omer Fattah Hussain
Turkish PM calls Iraqi Kurdish referendum 'illegitimate, null and void'
Turkey considers the independence referendum planned by the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) for Sept. 25 as "illegitimate and null and void," Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım said on Sept. 24.
Turkish FM to tell Iraqi Kurdish administration to cancel independence referendum
Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu stated on Aug. 23 in Baghdad that he will tell the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) that its planned independence referendum is wrong and Ankara expects it to cancel the vote.
Holding independence referendum by Iraqi Kurds is irresponsible: Turkish PM
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım on June 9 called a plan by the autonomous Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) to hold a referendum on independence "irresponsible", adding that the region had enough problems at the moment.