Crisis of Kurdish region and Turkish

Crisis of  Kurdish region  and  Turkish 

Massoud Barzani

ANKARA: The president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region will meet Turkish leaders Monday as Ankara keeps a close eye on moves for an independent Iraqi Kurdistan amid the chaos in its conflict-torn neighbor.

Massoud Barzani is due to meet President Abdullah Gul and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the capital Ankara in separate meetings from 1100 GMT.

The visit comes as lightening gains by the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) in Iraq have alarmed countries in the region and sparked calls for Kurdish autonomy to counter the radical Islamist threat........................