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 Cansever Turgut Cansever Turgut Cansever (12 September 1921 - 22 February 2009, İstanbul) Turkish Architect, city planner, thinker. He's the only architect in the World that took Aga Khan Award for Architecture for three times. He's also known as "The Wise Architect". He took charge in many town, zoning and protection areas projects. He designed Beyazıt Square. He is the owner of the first art history doctoral thesis. He was born in Antalya in 1921. He's the eldest of five children of Hasan Ferit and his wife Saime. His father Hasan Ferit was the son of Kasimpasa Turabi dervish lodge sheikh