"The Kurdish people have the right of self-determination like every other nation in the world."
"We are not denying that Turkey has a right to defend itself from extremists but some of its actions are not serving any democratic purpose in Turkey or in Iraq. This will not benefit the relations between the two countries."
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Source: Turkey Targets Northern Iraq Again. www.aljazeera.com. April 22, 2008.
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