Erdogan: "Turkey to close borders with Iraqi Kurdistan soon"

Erdogan: "Turkey to close borders with Iraqi Kurdistan soon"
# 05 October 2017 18:30 (UTC +04:00)

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will soon shut its border and airspace to northern Iraq in response to a controversial referendum on possible secession of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, APA reports quoting Anadolu.

"Flights to northern Iraq have already been suspended, the air space and borders will also close soon," Erdogan said in a televised speech in Ankara on Thursday.

"How will you (the Iraqi Kurds) have imports and exports then? The clock is ticking against them," he added.

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