October 12, 2007
A ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) official has confirmed that the government is planning to send Parliament a motion requesting authorization for a cross-border operation into northern Iraq, but said that an immediate Iraq incursion to hit the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bases there seems unlikely.
The motion is most likely to be submitted to Parliament after a Cabinet meeting on Monday, Sadullah Ergin, a senior lawmaker from the AK Party, told the Anatolia news agency. The draft of the text is ready, he said. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in a televised interview on Wednesday evening that the motion could be brought to Parliament as soon as Thursday. But Erdoğan suggested that a cross-border operation is unlikely to be launched immediately, saying the approval would be valid for one year and would be used whenever deemed necessary. Parliament, where Erdoğan's AK Party has a large majority, would have to grant permission for troops to cross the border into Iraq .
But passing the measure would not automatically mean Turkish troops would go into northern Iraq . Full Text
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