Turkey Widens Iraq Battle as Erdogan Seeks Nationalist Vote
- Turks will vote in a landmark election in less than two weeks
- Nationalists account for around a tenth of the electorate
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Turkey expanded its offensive against Kurdish militants further inside Iraq, raising the specter of a broader conflagration as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks support from nationalist voters ahead of this month’s elections.
The widening of the battle complicates matters for Ankara’s western security partners by adding to an already complex situation in Iraq, which is struggling to form a new government, and in Syria, where powers are vying for influence as the civil war there nears its end. North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had urged Ankara and Baghdad to work together.