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In Support For Kurds, Does Turkey Hope For A Redrawn Middle East Map?

NPR

Published June 18, 2014 at 5:21 PM EDT

One actor with an eye on Iraq's ongoing violence is Turkey. For more on Turkey's complex relationship with Iraq, as well as its interests in Iraqi Kurds, Robert Siegel speaks with Hugh Pope of the International Crisis Group.

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