Kurds seize initiative in independence vote
Kurds seize initiative in independence vote

Kurds seize initiative in independence vote

FT News in Focus


27.09.2017 • 8 Min.

Iraqi Kurds voted in favour of independence this week in a non-binding referendum that angered Baghdad and provoked a furious reaction from neighbouring Turkey. Daniel Dombey discusses what the Kurds hoped to gain and why President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused them of treachery with the FT's Erika Solomon in Irbil and Mehul Srivastava in Istanbul. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.