Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan renewed threats to shut down a pipeline carrying Iraqi Kurdish oil, upending claims that he has toned down his rhetoric over the controversial referendum on Kurdish independence and adding Russia to the mix.
Briefing reporters on his flight home from a one-day trip to Iran yesterday, Erdogan said, “If a decision is made on closing oil taps in the region, it will be made by us. Turkey, Iran and Iraq’s central government will do so together.”
