Iraqi politician seeks Turkey’s help for crisis

As part of his efforts to seek the support of regional players to help solve the political crisis in Iraq, the head of the Iraqiya coalition, Iyad Allawi, met with Turkish leaders. 

As Allawi mulls a national conference, proposed but not yet carried out by Iraqi Kurds, as a way to find a solution to the crisis in Iraq, Turkey is urging such a conference to achieve political stability under the framework of the constitutional system, diplomatic sources told Hürriyet Daily News. 

Allawi, a Shiite politician, has proposed some options aimed at solving the crisis, including the formation of a government of technocrats to organize early parliamentary elections, early elections or the full implementation of a power-sharing deal in the country. He has also proposed that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s National Alliance could name a new prime minister.