News Source: Ynet News
| 6 months ago
The anti-US cleric met with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan first for talks on "security in Iraq and the promotion of links between the parties," according to a Turkish diplomatic source. He was then entertained by President Abdullah Gul at...
News Source: Zaman.com
| 6 months ago
Diplomatic sources said Sadr came to Ankara as part of Turkey's policy of maintaining contact with all groups in Iraq. The United States views the Shiite leader's visit positively, said the sources. Al-Sadr's talks in Ankara focused on the "political...
News Source: BBC
| 6 months ago
Officials said he met both Turkey's president and the prime minister. The powerful cleric had fiercely opposed the foreign presence in Iraq and his Mehdi army fought troops until he suspended the movement last year. He last spoke in public at a...
News Source: Al Jazeera
| 6 months ago
Muqtada al-Sadr, a prominent Iraqi Shia leader, has held talks with Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, on the situation in Iraq, a government official has said. Al-Sadr has not been seen in public since 2007 and was believed to have been in...
News Source: Voice of America
| 6 months ago
Turkish officials say Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has arrived in the Turkish capital, Ankara, for talks with officials on the political situation in neighboring Iraq. Several media reports on Friday said the staunchly anti-American cleric...
News Source: Uinta County News
| 6 months ago
Influential Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr met Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara Friday to discuss the political process in his country, government officials said. Sadr is rarely seen in public and was believed to have been in...