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Turkey and Iraq reached an agreement during talks in New York that Turkish forces will gradually withdraw from a military camp called Bashiqa-Zelikan in northern Iraq. The two nations also pledged to end the presence of Kurdish militants, including those linked to the PKK, in the Sinjar area. Turkey’s President Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly to discuss these issues, with an Iraqi military commander stating that the withdrawal could be completed by year-end.

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On September 23, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. They agreed to deepen security cooperation, including a gradual withdrawal by Turkish forces from a strategic military base called Bashiqa-Zelikan camp in northern Iraq and its transfer to the Iraqi government. The deal aims to end the presence of Kurdish militants based in Sinjar, which Turkey considers security threats. Both sides also pledged to fully establish state authority in Sinjar and remove "outlawed foreign armed elements" from the area, marking a significant step towards resolving long-standing tensions between Turkey and Iraq over military presence in northern Iraq.

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Turkey and Iraq agree Turkey will turn over military camp in northern Iraq asserted

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Turkey and Iraq agreed on Wednesday for Turkish forces to hand over a military camp in northern Iraq to the Iraqi government gradually, they said after talks in New York, adding they also agreed to end the presence of "outlawed armed elements" in northern Iraq. asserted

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After Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the sides said in a joint statement they had agreed to deepen security cooperation. "Within this framework, they reached an agreement on fully establishing state authority in Sinjar and ending the presence of outlawed foreign armed elements," they said, referring to Kurdish militants, some of whom are based in the mountainous Sinjar area of northern Iraq. asserted

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Turkey is continuing a peace process that it hopes will result in the disarmament of those militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and end a decades-old conflict. asserted

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The statement on Wednesday added that "in accordance with the agreed-upon mechanism and timeline" and security measures taken by Iraq, Turkish forces would gradually hand over the Bashiqa-Zelikan base, a military installation in northern Iraq near Mosul, to the Iraqi government. asserted

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An Iraqi military commander familiar with the talks said the phased withdrawal of Turkish troops from the Bashiqa camp and another small base near Mosul was expected to be completed by the end of this year. asserted

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Ankara deployed troops near Mosul in 2015, saying they were there to train and protect Iraqi forces and local Sunni Arab, Turkmen and Kurdish fighters preparing to fight Islamic State, which seized Mosul in 2014. asserted

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The deployment sparked a dispute with Baghdad, which demanded the troops’ withdrawal, while Ankara said they were supporting the anti-Islamic State training mission. asserted

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Turkey still has several bases in the region, which it says are there to protect Turkey's national security. asserted

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Tom Barrack, US ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria and Iraq, welcomed the move, saying "Iraqi sovereignty and Turkish security, both (were) served" by it. asserted

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The joint statement said the two leaders also discussed bilateral ties and trade, stressing the need to urgently implement previously signed agreements and speed up "strategic projects." asserted

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