Masoud Barzani is scheduled to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım, and Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, in Ankara on 23 Aug. 2016.
Among the matters to be discussed are the YPG, the circumstance of PKK, and Nineveh Governorate in Iraq.
The Haberturk news service reported on 7 Sept. 2016 that Saudi Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubei will be in Ankara this week attending bilateral and regional talks with his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu; further scheduled meetings are to be with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.
The following was sent to the Turkish Embassy in Washington D.C. on 2 Sept. 2016.
I am opposed to the construction of the Ilısu and Cizre dams, and would ask at this juncture that these projects be cancelled.
Sincerely,
Eric Lindblad
The Ilısu project was initiated in 2006 during the occupation of Iraq, and consequently there occurred no consultation with the Ba'ath Party government in Baghdad.