Turkey to sanctions Kurdish over referendum vote

Turkish president, Racep Erdogan  is considering imposing sanctions on the Kurdish population over their planed upcoming referendum for independence said state-run Anadolu news agency.

Erdogan, who attended the United Nations General Assembly in New York, told world leaders on Tuesday that the referendum in northern Iraq could lead to fresh conflicts in the Middle East.

According to him, Turkey’s national security council and cabinet would discuss potential sanctions on northern Iraq when they meet on Friday.

As the national security council, we will advise the government on our decision. With it, the cabinet will meet and discuss this. It will both evaluate this and put forth their own stance on what kind of sanctions we can impose, or if we will, but these will not be ordinary, Erdogan was quoted by Anadolu as saying.

According to Reuters report, Turkey increased  its opposition to the Kurdish referendum on Tuesday, training tank guns and rocket launchers across the southern border, saying that the break-up of its neighbours could lead to global conflict.

We will announce our final thoughts on the issue with the cabinet meeting and national security council decision, Erdogan said.

I think it would be better if they saw this.