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Turkey woos Iraqi provincial leaders to rekindle relations

Ankara hopes its diplomatic efforts in the Shiite-dominated southern provinces of Iraq will improve Turkey's political standing with Baghdad.
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Turkey, unable to motivate Iraq to revive the two countries' dormant relations in many fields, appears to have resorted to unusual tactics that might best be labeled “provincial diplomacy.”

Turkey’s ambassador in Baghdad, Fatih Yildiz, has been traveling to southern Iraqi provinces to meet local administrators and attend local events.

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