Despite calls by US officials on Ankara to avoid such steps, only two days before the July 22nd parliamentary elections in Turkey, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened a cross-border operation into Iraq against the Kurds.
Uprkos pozivima američkih zvaničnika upućenim Ankari da izbegava takve korake, samo dva dana uoči parlamentarnih izbora u Turskoj 22. jula, premijer Redžep Tajip Erdogan zapretio je prekograničnom operacijom u Iraku protiv Kurda.