Turkish workers kidnapped in Iraq released

18 Turkish workers kidnapped by militants in Baghdad earlier this month have been released, the Al Arabiya News Channel reports.

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has not confirmed the release yet. Earlier, a spokesman for the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Tanju Bilgich, spoke about release of two kidnapped Turkish citizens.

On September 2, Turkish construction company Nurol Holding said 18 of its employees, who were working on the construction of a sports complex in Baghdad, were kidnapped, TASS reports.