Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Guler is in Baghdad to discuss security and defense issues. Guler also met with the Iraqi Minister of Interior, Abdul Amir al-Shammari.
In the middle of last month, the Turkish Air Force carried out new air strikes on Kurdish militant targets in northern Iraq and northern Syria. The fight against the Kurdistan Workers' Party, which is active in Syria and Iraq, is one of the most prominent issues preoccupying Ankara. The Turkish army carries out operations from time to time against the PKK, which Ankara has classified as a "terrorist organization"