Bahceli urges buffer zone in N.Iraq to protect against terrorist PKK

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Speaking at his party's parliamentary group meeting yesterday, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli said that the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) should cross into northern Iraq in pursuit of PKK terrorists who last week killed 17 soldiers in the southeastern province of Hakkari,. Bahceli also urged the government to establish a buffer zone in northern Iraq to prevent any future attacks. "Under international law, Turkey has the right to carry out hot pursuit against the terrorist PKK members who fled to northern Iraq after their deadly attack, and it should exercise this right," he said, adding that all the requirements for using this right have been fulfilled. In related news, Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek said yesterday that the government would consider Bahceli's proposal, if necessary.