Erdogan tells Kurds: Kosovo is still not a state, neither can you become

Kosovo has not become a state with 114 recognitions, neither can you, was the Turkish president's message to Iraqi Kurds who organised a referendum on independence.

Turkey's President Recep Tayip Erdoğan in a speech at the opening of the 2017 academic year in connection with the Kurdish controversial referendum in Iraq said that “Kosovo has been accepted by 114 states and has not yet become a state, has problems. What will Kurdish regional administration in northern Iraq benefit with one Israel?”.

You have no knowledge of politics or how the state is made. But, you remember, it will become the lead and become”, Erdoğan said, talking about the Kurdish regional administration referendum in northern Iraq, AA reported.

You will now remain in the middle when we begin to implement our sanctions. It ends when we close the valve. They'll lose all their income. They will not be able to find food or other products at the moment the trucks do not move to northern Iraq. They're gonna come into a situation like this. Why? Because we're forced to impose sanctions. Then these will see how and how Israel will help”, Erdogan said.

This referendum actually has no legal value from the standpoint of Iraq's current constitution. This initiative except Israel has not been supported by any country and no international organisation. This initiative undertaken by a single group, while Iraq's north has a multicolored structure in terms of trust and roots, nothing but messenger of new conflicts and pain. They say this referendum was approved by 90-92 percent. What value does this have? Who will accept independence? The world does not consist only of Israel”, Erdogan points out.