Turkey and Iraq said in a joint statement on the 8th they will continue
cooperating to restore central government authority in Sinjar, Nineveh province,
and to end the presence of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) there. The Turkish
The president said Turkey will progressively transfer its Bashika military base in
Nineveh to the Iraqi government. The two countries agreed to establish a joint
security coordination committee to verify and oversee the process of removing
PKK forces from Sinjar.
