02466oam 2200493 a 450 991069853530332120081021080736.0(CKB)25435842600041(OCoLC)61134660(EXLCZ)992543584260004120050725d2005 ua 0engurmn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTurkey and Iraq[electronic resource] the perils (and prospects) of proximity /by Henri J. BarkeyWashington, DC (1200 17th Street NW) :U.S. Institute of Peace,[2005]23 pages digital, PDF fileSpecial report ;no. 141Title from title screen (viewed July 25, 2005)."July 2005."Includes bibliographical references.Throughout the 1990s, Turkey was the anchor in the containment of Saddam Hussein's Iraq by the United States. The unpredictable set of events unleashed by Operation Iraqi Freedom has unnerved both Turkish decision makers and the public alike. The U.S.-led coalition's operation in Iraq has also upended Turkey's fundamental interests in Iraq, which are fourfold: (1) Prevent the division of Iraq along sectarian or ethnic lines that would give rise to an independent or confederal Kurdish state (with the oil-rich city of Kirkuk as its capital), thus supporting aspiratins for a similar entity in Turkey's own extensive Kurdish population. (2) Protect Turkish-speaking Turkmen minority, which resides primarily in northern Iraq. (3) Eliminate the Kurdistan Workers' Party, the Turkish Kurdish insurgent movement, which has sought refuge in the northeast of Iraq following its defeat in 1999. (4) Prevent the emergence of a potentially hostile nondemocratic fundamentalist Iraqi state.Iraq and its neighborsPerils and prospects of proximityKurdsTurkeyKurdsIraqIraq War, 2003-2011KurdsTurkeyForeign relationsIraqKurdsKurdsIraq War, 2003-2011Kurds.Barkey Henri J1405019United States Institute of Peace.SNMSNMLEGALOCLCQGPOBOOK9910698535303321Turkey and Iraq3529887UNINA