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Turkey Threatens Economic Sanctions on Kurds

by Ivan Watson, NPR
November 1, 2007

Turkey is preparing other steps in a battle against Kurdish militant groups. The Kurds live on both sides of the border and depend on trade that crosses that line. So it's significant that Turkey is threatening economic sanctions, accusing Iraq's Kurdish leadership of being a terrorist organization.

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