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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd L), the first Turkish premier to visit the autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq, and Kurdistan president Massud Barzani and head of the Iraqi Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) at officially open Arbil’s International Airport on March 29, 2011, where he announced that Turkish Airlines would begin scheduled flights to the regional capital starting the following month. AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMED

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd L), the first Turkish premier to visit the autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq, and Kurdistan  president Massud Barzani and head of the Iraqi Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) at officially open Arbil's International Airport on March 29, 2011, where he announced that Turkish Airlines would begin scheduled flights to the regional capital starting the following month.  AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMED

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd L), the first Turkish premier to visit the autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq, and Kurdistan president Massud Barzani and head of the Iraqi Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) at officially open Arbil’s International Airport on March 29, 2011, where he announced that Turkish Airlines would begin scheduled flights to the regional capital starting the following month. AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMED

Amy Assad

Amy Assad

Amy Assad is an editor at The Majalla and an English–Syrian, London-based writer who specializes in the arts and culture of the Middle East. She received her BA in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies from Leeds University and has lived and studied in Syria and Morocco.

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