Turkey has also been vital to the assembly of Sunni-oriented political coalitions in Iraq. These include the Arab nationalist Al-Hadba bloc, which won local elections in IraqÂ’s northern province of Ninewa in January 2009, and TurkeyÂ’s encouragement to Arab nationalist, neo-BaÂ’athist, Sunni Islamist, and ethnic Turkoman elements in the Iraqiyya slate to contest the 2010 national elections together under the leadership of the secular Shiite Ayad Allawi.
In this vein, Iraqi nationalists note that through the combination of its opening with the KRG, its ties with ethnic Turkoman in the northern cities of Kirkuk and Tal Afar, and its role in stitching together the Arab nationalist bloc of Al-Hadba in Ninewa province, Turkey now has close ties, and in some cases client relationships, with the major political actors in the Iraqi provinces that make up the historical Ottoman vilayet (state) of Mosul.
To complete the circle, though enjoying the benefits of transformed relations with Ankara, some Kurdish politicians worry that Ankara seeks to use economic dependence to turn the Kurdistan region into a Turkish vassal.
Please...Without the U.S. Turkey would still be a shitwhole. Get over yourself, with the leadership you have there Turkey isn't going anywhere but back into the backards world of failed muslim society
