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put aside its rivalry with Barzani to support the referendum, according to Yetkin.
The PKK, which has been conducting insurgency campaigns against the Turkish state since 1984, has bases and camps in northern Iraq. Turkish jets struck PKK targets in northern Iraq, killing 13 members of the outlawed organisation, the Turk- ish military said on September 27.
“Through this referendum we showed the desire of our nation to Baghdad and the world. What we did was within the framework of Iraq and will stay within the framework of Iraq,” KRG Prime Minis- ter Nechirvan Barzani told reporters on Septem- ber 27 in Erbil, according to Rudaw.
Barzani insisted that the Kurdistan Region and the ref- erendum are in “no way a threat to Turkey.” “We want to live happy in Kurdistan with all components. We don’t want any problems. Kirkuk is the best example for the coexistence of all components,” Barzani said.
The KRG on September 27 rejected an Iraqi central government ultimatum to hand control of the Erbil
Head of Romania’s anticorruption body probed for alleged misconduct
The extended investigations now launched by Judiciary Inspection followed preliminary in- vestigations carried out at the DNA after two prosecutors fired by Kovesi complained.
“Upon evaluating the circumstances related to the misconduct, the judiciary inspectors decided [to carry out] disciplinary investigations on DNA head Laura Codruta Kovesi, her deputy Marius
and Sulaimaniya international airports to Baghdad or face a suspension of direct international flights to and from the region, Reuters reported.
The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority has notified air- lines that international flights to and from the two airports will be suspended from 1800 local time on September 29.
Turkey will suspend flights to Erbil and Sulaimani- ya starting September 29, the Turkish consulate in Erbil announced in a statement. The decision will impact the national flag carrier Turkish Air- lines, the low-cost carrier Pegasus, and Atlas Global, the consulate said. The Iranians banned any flights in and out of the KRG-controlled region prior to the vote.
Though they make up the fourth-largest ethnic group in the Middle East, the Kurds have never managed to form a permanent nation state. In Iraq, where they account for somewhere between 15% to 20% of the population of 37 million, the Kurds faced decades of repression but acquired autonomy in 1991.
Iacob and head of DNA department Gheorghe Popovici,” Judiciary Inspection announced on September 25. Depending on the outcome of the extended investigations, Judiciary Inspection can either reject the allegations, or identify mis- conduct and submit the case to the magistrates body, CSM, for further evaluation of the case.
The investigation concerns Kovesi’s dismissal of two of her subordinates under unclear cir- cumstances. The furore around the sackings contributed to doubts within Romania about the functioning of an institution that has been a central part of the anti-corruption fight.
Doru Tulus and Mihaela Moraru Iorga were of- ficially dismissed because of “their good repu- tation no longer complying with the code of