Turkey to Step Up Militant Attack as Erdogan Courts Nationalists
- Turkey in Iraq talks to expand campaign against Kurdish group
- President seeking to regain major cities in upcoming polls
Turkish security forces conduct an operation in Sanliurfa, Turkey on March 6.
Photographer: Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua/Getty Images
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Turkey is looking to expand its cross-border military operation against Kurdish militants in Iraq as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan courts more nationalist voters ahead of this month’s local elections.
Turkey and Iraq are in talks to jointly crack down on hideouts of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, which has long battled for an autonomous Kurdish region in Turkey, Defense Minister Yasar Guler said Monday.