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The vilayet of Mosul in 1914, with modern borders superimposed. The Mosul question was a territorial dispute in the early 20th century between Turkey and the United Kingdom (later Iraq) over the possession of the former Ottoman Mosul vilayet. The Mosul vilayet was part of the Ottoman Empire until the end of World War I, when
Mosul Province would belong to Iraq. The "Brussel Line", as adopted previously on 29 October 1924 [1] the provisional border, would act as the border between Turkey and Iraq. 10% of the royalty due the Iraq government from oil revenues from Mosul would be given to Turkey for 25 years.
[3] [7] The border was then demarcated on the ground in 1927. [3] Generally cordial, relations between Iraq and Turkey became strained following the Gulf War (1990–91); this resulted in an autonomous Kurdish area being established in northern Iraq which provided sanctuary for Kurdish guerrillas operating in the south-east Turkey. [8]
The borders issue and Mosul Question is the first important issue between Turkey and Iraq. In the last meeting of Ottoman Parliament of Istanbul on 12 January 1920 an act called the National Act was declared.
Solving this crisis is both a humanitarian and national security necessity.
Senior Turkish officials will discuss security issues, particularly Turkey's operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq, with their counterparts in Baghdad on Thursday ...
In September 2004 the 167th Corps Support Group, a New Hampshire Army Reserve unit, was deployed to Ibrahim Khalil to monitor the supplies being shipped from supply centers in northern Turkey to coalition forces in Iraq. [3] On 6 December 2015 the border was crossed by ca. 3,000 [4] Turkish soldiers, heading to the Mosul countryside.
Even if Islamic State is defeated in all of Mosul, the group is expected to stage an insurgency in Iraq, a country that has suffered from dictatorships, wars and sectarian violence that have ...