What's behind Turkey's rush to reopen Iraqi consulates?
Turkey's consulate in Mosul has been closed since the building was seized by Islamic State militants in June 2014, but now Ankara is looking to make a comeback in its southeastern neighbor.
Preparations are underway to reopen the Turkish consulates in the Iraqi cities of Mosul and Basra, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said July 6.
Sources told Al-Monitor that Ankara is frantically searching for a building to buy in Mosul, one that is bigger and better protected than the old consulate on Dur Al-Dhubat Street.
