Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan - Wasilewski, Karol (Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych, 2017)
Although the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is one of Turkey's closest partners, Ankara disapproved of this week's independence referendum. Yet, Turkey did not take actions that would have forced the Iraqi Kurds to postpone or cancel the vote. That suggests Turkish politicians' stance on the referendum was dictated by domestic political considerations and will harden only if the situation with Iraqi Kurdistan constitutes a threat to Turkey's territorial integrity