'Turkey Should Send Businessmen to No. Iraq Instead of Troops'

[Gloria]

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2//The Turkish Daily News, Turkey Sunday, August 27, 2006

http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=52541



‘TURKEY SHOULD SEND BUSINESSMEN TO NORTHERN IRAQ INSTEAD OF TROOPS’


While Turkey debates whether to launch a large-scale military operation to stop the increasing terrorist activities in Turkey by terrorists believed to be infiltrating from across the Iraqi border, northern Iraq has become a huge construction site with hundreds of Turkish companies operating in the area

Metin Can



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More than 600 Turkish companies operating in northern Iraq:

A possible Turkish military operation on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) camps located in northern Iraq's Kandil Mountains is being debated.



The Turkish government is said to have been ‘negotiating’ with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP). The feedback from these meetings is quite positive, with many PKK offices in the region shut down.


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Meanwhile, there are 600 Turkish firms operating in northern Iraq, with the Turkish Armed Forces Assistance Fund (OYAK) being the most active in meeting northern Iraq's cement, construction products and paper needs. Out of all the products sold at Arbil's first big shopping mall, Nazemall, Turkish goods make up 80 percent.



Turkish businessmen are investing in Arbil in record numbers, and the reason behind the Turkish success in the area is their international experience. The KDP's external relations representative, Safeen Dizayee, and Arbil's Chamber of Commerce chairman, Daarel Celil Hayat, are calling on Turkey to make use of this opportunity. “Turkey should take a leadership role in the area by sending businessmen instead of troops,” said Hayat and Dizayee.



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[bahrbearian]

1. How do you spell Halliburton in Turkish?

[scarletwoman]

3. Would you prefer to see Turkey bombing the Kurds instead?

With "600 Turkish firms operating in northern Iraq" (per the article), this is hardly a parallel to Haliburton, imho. It seems to me that if business relationships can be developed between the Turks and the Kurds, that is far preferable to military intervention.

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[bahrbearian]

2. How do you spell Halliburton in Turkish?