Below is a summary translation of an article that appeared in the Turkish daily Hurriyet yesterday. The original article also mentions the ongoing bargaining on the compansation of the economic losses Turkey will suffer from the Iraq war without giving any details.
++++++++++++ WAR PROTOCOL HURRIYET, February 4, 2003 Turkey and the United States have taken three significant steps about a possible war in Iraq: 1. Prime Minister Abdullah Gul paid a visit to Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal yesterday. Speaking at the meeting, Prime Minister Gul said that they had reached an agreement with the United States about deployment of 350 war planes and 40 thousand U.S. soldiers in Turkey. 3 thousand 500 U.S. soldier will be charged in modernization of military bases in Turkey. 2. Turkey and Kurdish groups will not enter Mousul and Kirkuk in a possible war. The United States will be responsible for security of Mousul and Kirkuk. If Kurdish groups attempt to claim Mousul and Kirkuk, Turkey will have the right to intervene in the region. 3. Turkish and U.S. delegations have begun holding official consultations about military cooperation in a possible war in Iraq.
