# Turkey to hand over military base in northern Iraq to Baghdad

https://mins.news/en/item/71505

- France 24, 2026-09-24 00:02 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260924-turkey-to-hand-over-military-base-in-northern-iraq-to-baghdad

> Turkey will gradually transfer control of its Bashiqa military base in northern Iraq to Baghdad, Ankara and Baghdad said Wednesday. The move is intended to bolster Iraqi state authority and ease a longstanding source of tension between the neighbouring countries.

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