Bus Dohuk to Istanbul, Iraq to Turkey by Bus

An easy way to get out of Iraqi Kurdistan is to get a bus to Istanbul. However, it seems that not everything goes well and my supposedly “easy trip out” was transformed into a mess as the bus didn’t arrive to Dohuk, and the company responsable for these trips got me a taxi to Zakho

Turkey pulls out troops of Iraqi Kurdistan but says more raids possible

In The Guardian, Saturday 1 March 2008 | Photo: Mustafa Ozer/AFP Turkey yesterday withdrew thousands of its troops from northern Iraq after an eight-day operation to hunt down and wipe out Kurdish guerrilla forces, calming fears of wider regional instability. Hoshiyar Zebari, Iraq’s foreign minister, confirmed that the first big Turkish cross-border ground offensive in

Turkish forces enter northern Iraq

In The Guardian, Friday 22 February 2008 | Photo: Reuters The Iraqi president, Jalal Talabani, today told Turkey not to “violate” the country after Turkish troops entered northern Iraq to attack Kurdish rebels. Several hundred troops – some reports claimed thousands – crossed the border after fighter jets and heavy artillery bombed Kurdistan Workers’ party

Turkish troops freed to head off attack on Iraqi Kurdistan

In The Guardian, Monday 5 November 2007 | Photo: EPA Eight Turkish soldiers captured last month by Kurdish rebels were freed yesterday in an attempt to divert Ankara from attacking northern Iraq. The soldiers’ release occurred on the eve of a visit to Washington by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, which was expected