“It is very worrying for my people,” he said. “We believe that Turkish intervention in Iraqi Kurdistan is a recipe for disaster.”
But Talabani said this is not needed. “The displacement of the population at the moment is not heading toward the mountainous borders,” he said. “They’re dispersing among their families in the nearby towns and villages.”
“The Kurdish people are actually concerned that the Turkish military intervention is not to prevent an influx of refugees into Turkey, but it is in effect an attempt to strangle Kurdish aspirations,” he added.