51.  The visit caused further outrage when Erbakan failed to react strongly after Gadhafi, at a joint news conference, urged creation of an independent Kurdish state.

52.  Turkey is uneasy over U.S. efforts to topple Saddam, fearing that it will lead to the breakup of Iraq and the creation of an independent Kurdish state.

53.  Turkey is extremely senstitive about Kurdish aspirations, fearing they might lead to a break-away Kurdish state.

54.  Turkey is fighting its own autonomy-seeking Kurdish rebels, and fears a Kurdish state in the region would pose a threat to its security.

55.  Turkey is strongly opposed to any move aiming at the creation of an independent Kurdish state, which could inspire the PKK in its battle for autonomy in Turkey.

56.  Turkey worries that if the United States attacked Iraq and the Baghdad government fell, Kurds in northern Iraq might create a Kurdish state, emboldening Kurds in Turkey.

57.  Turkey, like Iraq, strongly opposes creation of an independent Kurdish state in northern Iraq.

58.  Turkey, which has been fighting Kurdish guerrillas seeking an independent Kurdish state inside Turkey, opposes the creation of an autonomous Kurdish region in northern Iraq.

59.  Turkey fears a new war with Iraq could lead to the creation of an independent Kurdish state in northern Iraq, Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz said Thursday.

60.  Turkey fears a war in Iraq could lead to the creation of a Kurdish state in northern Iraq.