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Turkey-Iraq Bashiqa base handover 2026
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FIRST ENTRY SEP 24
SEP 25 · Day 2
Will Turkiye end its military presence in northern Iraq?
Turkey and Iraq reached an agreement for Turkish forces to gradually transfer control of a military base to the Iraqi army.
Baghdad pledged to tackle armed groups that Turkey says pose a security threat.
The military base Turkey agreed to hand over is located in Sinjar.
SEP 24 · Day 1
Turkey agrees to gradual handover of Bashiqa base to Iraq
The deployment of up to 600 Turkish soldiers to Bashiqa drew criticism from Baghdad.
Cross-border operations in Sinjar eased following a peace process between Ankara and the PKK in 2025.
Turkiye first established the base in Bashiqa in December 2015 through an agreement with the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government.