2008 Turkish incursion into northern Iraq day of the operation, Turkish President Abdullah Gül made a telephone call to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, himself a Kurd, to brief him on the details of the incursion. He also invited Talabani to come to Turkey. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he called Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on the night the ground operation began, and later U.S. President George W. Bush. The United States was guarded in its response to the incursion, requesting that Turkey take care to only target the PKK, to "limit the scope and duration of their operations," and to work with Iraqi
Turgut Alp Turgut Alp Turgut Alp was one of the early Gazis of the Ottoman Empire. He was also close friend of Ertuğrul Gazi and his son Osman Gazi. His tomb is located in the cemetery of Turgut Alp (Genci) Village. İnegöl,Turkey . The grave outside Ertugrul gazi turbesi is a honorary grace , not the real resting place. In 1877, during the Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878), a city was founded and named "Turgutalp" after him in the then Ottoman Empire by Muslim people from present day Bulgaria. The settlement was named as Turgutalp upon the suggestion of the sultan. In 1986, the