Turkish PM: 16 Turkish workers kidnapped in Iraq for nearly a month are released
Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish workers who were kidnapped in Baghdad have been released. The Anadolu Agency says Wednesday the workers were freed in the city of Basra and were traveling to Baghdad. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said 16 workers were freed. The men, employed by Turkish construction company Nurol Insaat, were snatched up from […]Turkey's state-run news agency says Turkish workers who were kidnapped in Baghdad have been released. The Anadolu Agency says Wednesday the workers were freed in the city of Basra and were traveling to Baghdad. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said 16 workers were freed.
The men, employed by Turkish construction company Nurol Insaat, were snatched up from a construction site in Baghdad's Shiite-dominated Sadr City on Sept. 2. An Iraqi national was kidnapped along with the Turks.
