Turks believe that if an independent Kurdish state, or even a Kurdish state as part of a federated Iraq, were to control the oil-rich cities of Mosul and Kirkuk, Turkey's Kurds might demand more rights.
Ankara strahuje da bi, ako bi neka nezavisna kurdska država ili čak kurdski entitet u okviru federalizovanog Iraka, kontrolisao naftom bogate gradove Mosul i Kirkuk, turski Kurdi tražili još veća prava.