Turkey hands over control of two refugee camps to Iraq


Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Authority (AFAD) transferred management of two of its refugee camps, both located in northern Iraq, to Iraqi authorities on Wednesday.Control of the two refugee camps, which have a capacity of 20,000 people, was transferred to the Dohuk governorate during a signing ceremony.The Turkish Consul General in Irbil, Mehmet Akif İnam, and Dohuk Governor Ferhat Etrusi both attended the ceremony."Turkey's relationship with the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government [KRG] is more than just a written agreement," İnam said at the ceremony, where he also thanked the Turkish government for its help in the region.On Nov. 21, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu visited the Yazidi refugee camp set up by AFAD in the Zakho district of Dohuk city. The AFAD camps accommodate Iraq's displaced citizens fleeing the advance of the Islamic State of and al-Sham (ISIS) terrorist group.The rise of ISIS since early June triggered a massive wave of internal displacement of more than a million Iraqis.