LEADER 02466oam 2200493 a 450 001 9910698535303321 005 20081021080736.0 035 $a(CKB)25435842600041 035 $a(OCoLC)61134660 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925435842600041 100 $a20050725d2005 ua 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTurkey and Iraq$b[electronic resource] $ethe perils (and prospects) of proximity /$fby Henri J. Barkey 210 1$aWashington, DC (1200 17th Street NW) :$cU.S. Institute of Peace,$d[2005] 215 $a23 pages $cdigital, PDF file 225 1 $aSpecial report ;$vno. 141 300 $aTitle from title screen (viewed July 25, 2005). 300 $a"July 2005." 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aThroughout 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. 517 1 $aIraq and its neighbors 517 3 $aPerils and prospects of proximity 606 $aKurds$zTurkey 606 $aKurds$zIraq 606 $aIraq War, 2003-2011$xKurds 607 $aTurkey$xForeign relations$zIraq 615 0$aKurds 615 0$aKurds 615 0$aIraq War, 2003-2011$xKurds. 700 $aBarkey$b Henri J$01405019 712 02$aUnited States Institute of Peace. 801 0$bSNM 801 1$bSNM 801 2$bLEGAL 801 2$bOCLCQ 801 2$bGPO 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910698535303321 996 $aTurkey and Iraq$93529887 997 $aUNINA