Turkey is also angered over bases held in northern Iraq by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a militant group which has been locked in conflict with Ankara for decades in what it says is a struggle for the rights of the Kurdish minority in Turkey.
Turcija ir arī neapmierināta ar bāzēm, kas Irākas ziemeļos ir kurdu bruņoto separātistu organizācijas Kurdistānas Strādnieku partijas (PKK) kaujiniekiem.