KRG will pay the price, Erdoğan says over independence referendum

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sept. 30. that Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) would pay the price over KRG’s independece referendum.

“We never regret what we have done in the past, but now the circumstances have changed, the northern Iraqi regional government which we have been giving all kinds of support for a long time, has taken a step in spite of our country. So, they will pay the price,” Erdoğan said in a speech during provincial advisory meeting in the eastern province of Erzurum.