Portal:Current events/Turkey/2007 August 7


 * The central government of Iraq is expected to react positively to Ankara's long-expressed demands for them to take concrete steps against the presence of the outlawed PKK in the north of the country, during a visit by Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to Ankara today. (Today's Zaman)
 * Plans for the transport infrastructure in Turkey’s largest city Istanbul include a 250-kilometer light railway and possibly a third bridge crossing the Bosporus by the year 2012, according to an announcement by Mayor Kadir Topbaş. (Today's Zaman)
 * Turkey and Iraq have agreed to "expend all efforts" to oust a Kurdish terrorist group from northern Iraq. (BBC)
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