Kuwait bolsters ties with Turkey amid growing uncertainty in region

[-SINAN-]

Kuwait, whose amir visited Turkey last week, aims to strengthen ties with Turkey, which is seen as an important regional power to the tiny energy-rich Gulf country, amid growing uncertainty in the politically fragile Middle East, analysts have agreed.

Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s landmark visit to Turkey last Monday set the stage for increased economic, diplomatic and military ties as both countries signed eight agreements, including a defense deal to improve bilateral relations between the two allies.

While the Middle East is going through tough times due to the more than two-year-long crisis in war-torn Syria, Kuwait sees Turkey as a strong balancing power in the region against the countries supporting the Syrian regime, namely Iran and Iraq.

Since the start of the Syrian crisis, Iraq’s Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, known to be close to embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s main ally Iran, has given unequivocal support to the Assad regime.

The relations between Ankara and Baghdad are not only tense due to the Syrian crisis but also because Turkey believes the Iraqi Shiite-led government is monopolizing power at the expense of other groups in the country. Ankara said the Iraqi government was suppressing Sunni Arabs and other groups, while the Iraqi government accused Turkey of pursuing “hostile” policies in the region and interfering in Iraqi affairs.

According to analysts, Turkey was not the only country concerned over Maliki’s Shiite -dominated policies, but also Kuwait -- which has a considerable Shiite population -- sees the Shiite-led governments’ policies as a danger to the stability and security of the region.

“Kuwait started to perceive a vital threat against its stability from Iran in general and Iraq in particular in recent times due to the Shiite policies of the two countries. Signing a defense agreement with Turkey is a sign that shows Kuwait’s concern over Maliki’s recent decisions,” said Muhittin Ataman, an expert on Turkey-Gulf relations at the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA), in remarks to Sunday’s Zaman.

Turkey not only signed a deal of military cooperation with Kuwait but also with other Gulf countries, including Qatar and Saudi Arabia-- two of the staunchest states seeking the fall of the Syrian regime -- last year.

Turkey and Kuwait have adopted a similar stance regarding the regional issues, particularly on the Syrian one, in the diplomatic sphere.

Kuwait, a country aspiring to take on a larger Mideast regional diplomatic role, has criticized the regime in Syria over its suppression of a pro-democracy uprising in the country.

Kuwait considers Turkey a balancing power

Bilateral relations between Turkey and Kuwait have gained momentum in recent years thanks to the increasing number of high-level visits from both sides.

With the growing regional role of Turkey, all internal and external developments related to the country are closely followed by the Kuwaiti government, media and the public.

“Kuwait considers strengthening relations with Turkey as a pragmatic move that would serve its national interest because it perceives Turkey as the only balancing power against Iran as well as against Iraq in the region,” Ataman remarked.

In order to maintain the balance in the region, Kuwait is in need of cooperating with Turkey against Iraq -- which gets Iranian support and pursues policies against Turkey -- Ataman said, adding, “Indeed cooperation with the Gulf countries, particularly Kuwait, also complies with Turkey’s national interests.”

Kuwait, along with the other Gulf Arab states, are against Iran’s intervention in regional issues. Iran sees the Gulf as its own backyard and believes it has a legitimate interest in expanding its influence there.

According to analysts, as Iran increases its military power in the region, Gulf states, including Kuwait, feel the necessity to increase their military power, and they consider Turkey -- which desires to maintain stability and security in the Gulf -- a reliable partner with which they can strengthen their military cooperation.

Gökhan Bacık, an academic teaching international relations at Gaziantep’s Zirve University, maintained that the Gulf countries, Kuwait in particular, have come closer to Turkey with the understanding of establishing an alliance against Iran. “Recently, Iraqi concern has also emerged among Gulf countries due to Maliki’s policies. The most important problem of the Gulf countries is demography. These countries have an important portion of the Shiite population, which Iran can easily influence from time to time,” Bacık told Sunday’s Zaman.

Issues such as Iran’s nuclear program, the Arab Spring, Iranian influence on the Shiite population in the Gulf States and Iraq’s monopolizing policies in the region are considered to be important factors for cooperation between Turkey and the Gulf states.

“The Turkey-Gulf relationship is based on pragmatism,” Bacık said.

Source: Kuwait bolsters ties with Turkey amid growing uncertainty in region

 

[Doritos11]

Changing Iraqs alliance to Turkey would be much better for Iraq instead of with Iranian regime which is isolated from the world, Kuwait co-operating against Iraq as mentioned in this article would worsen the relations with Iraq again which are bad already.
But theres nothing to do about it, I never thought secular Turkey would get involved in this.

 

[al-Hasani]

Sunni brotherhood is only going to get stronger and stronger while the Shia sect members who are a tiny minority already, are only getting more and more desperate best exemplified by the Iranian Mullah regime and their political allies. We all see their desperate situation in Syria and their willingness to support the Child-Murderer and genocide against Sunnis.

Apart from that then GCC relation with Turkey is excellent and Turkey constantly seeks better ties to GCC and vice versa.

But Turkey are not needed per se. Just a fellow Sunni ally and regional ally that has a booming economy just like the GCC, unlike Iran.

Kuwait is pretty secure and doing good from what I can see. I do not think that they should be wary of any Iranian attack as they are part of GCC and have many powerful allies be they regional or international.

In fact I do not believe that Iran will attack anybody since they are a failed regime. We heard the same song from Saddam before the 1991 and 2003 invasions but nothing ever happened.

In short, no Middle Eastern regime has any chance against NATO.

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

@Sinan
The GCC ,by large, and its people appreciate everything Turkey is doing. You don't have any idea how popular Turkey these days is among us . We have always had a very friendly relation with Turkey

Changing Iraqs alliance to Turkey would be much better for Iraq instead of with Iranian regime which is isolated from the world, Kuwait co-operating against Iraq as mentioned in this article would worsen the relations with Iraq again which are bad already.
But theres nothing to do about it, I never thought secular Turkey would get involved in this.

But you have to realize that Kuwait and its tiny States neighbors are getting nervous over the Iranian actions that have been implemented by the Mullah's regime. The GCC tends to have a dramatically different view points in external politics than Iran. This as far as it might seem, doesn't entirely mean that Turkey and their allies are anti-Shias ,I would like to remind you how much of support Assad's received from the GCC over the last four decades. With that being said, Al-Maliki regime is the root of all evil in their eyes. You once have argued that Al-Maliki might have to leave for good or else. Of course, the Shia majority will always dominate Iraq along with the other minorities. Also, Iraq must cope with its neighbors and the Turks too.
And Turkey has been adopting a new form of foreign policy recently i.e. conservative Islam.

 

[Surenas]

Kuwait has quite moderate relations with Iran too. Heck, many Iranians are living in Kuwait.

 

[Doritos11]

@Sinan
The GCC ,by large, and its people appreciate everything Turkey is doing. You don't have any idea how popular Turkey these days is among us . We have always had a very friendly relation with Turkey


But you have to realize that Kuwait and its tiny States neighbors are getting nervous over the Iranian actions that have been implemented by the Mullah's regime. The GCC tends to have a dramatically different view points in external politics than Iran. This as far as it might seem, doesn't entirely mean that Turkey and their allies are anti-Shias ,I would like to remind you how much of support Assad's received from the GCC over the last four decades. With that being said, Al-Maliki regime is the root of all evil in their eyes. You once have argued that Al-Maliki might have to leave for good or else. Of course, the Shia majority will always dominate Iraq along with the other minorities. Also, Iraq must cope with its neighbors and the Turks too.
And Turkey has been adopting a new form of foreign policy recently i.e. conservative Islam.

Today Turkish-Iraq relations are bad only because Turkey is using KRG for cheap oil as far as I know, eventually they will be forced to have good relations if the port plans are finished, Turkey and Iraq don’t share real historic problems/hate between each other, though you cannot compare the regime of Iraq to that of Syria which has been hardcore anti Israel with its support to Hezbollah and was supporting all anti Israel parties in the 80’s lebanese civil war.

The USA atleast does not have big problems with Iraq at the current moment except that they want Iraq to fully block their airspace to Iranians planes going to Syria which is not happening 100%, btw how is this possible without fighter jets..
Todays Iraq is not like the past, the military/justice system makes it hard for the parties to violate the major rules, if Maliki stays after his term they might try to oust him, time will tell.

 

[Pakistanisage]

Kuwait has quite moderate relations with Iran too. Heck, many Iranians are living in Kuwait.

Not just living in Kuwait, many Kuwaiti Citizens have an Iranian ancestry.

 

[Doritos11]

People are not the problem, its the influence of states that they worry about ^^

 

[al-Hasani]

Not just living in Kuwait, many Kuwaiti Citizens have an Iranian ancestry.

About 5 percent and surprisingly the majority are Baluch. Al-Baluchi is a pretty common surname in Kuwait. Obviously those that have citizenship and not temporary workers/non-citizens.

@Sinan
The GCC ,by large, and its people appreciate everything Turkey is doing. You don't have any idea how popular Turkey these days is among us . We have always had a very friendly relation with Turkey


But you have to realize that Kuwait and its tiny States neighbors are getting nervous over the Iranian actions that have been implemented by the Mullah's regime. The GCC tends to have a dramatically different view points in external politics than Iran. This as far as it might seem, doesn't entirely mean that Turkey and their allies are anti-Shias ,I would like to remind you how much of support Assad's received from the GCC over the last four decades. With that being said, Al-Maliki regime is the root of all evil in their eyes. You once have argued that Al-Maliki might have to leave for good or else. Of course, the Shia majority will always dominate Iraq along with the other minorities. Also, Iraq must cope with its neighbors and the Turks too.
And Turkey has been adopting a new form of foreign policy recently i.e. conservative Islam.

Blackie, sorry Blackeagle, will not like the growing Turkish popularity. Anyway 200.000 Turkish people/immigrants live in KSA and their first generation descendants. Not to mention the Turks who emigrated to Hejaz and other regions in KSA centuries ago and were absorbed into the local population. Was Mosab not partially Turkish as well?

The Maliki clown is just a tool. He is controlled by the Iranian regime. He is harmless. What is he going to do if we think rationally? Attack Turkey? KSA? Syria once Sunni rule will return? Or Jordan and Kuwait that are either GCC member states already or are soon to be (Jordan) that? Not to mention that both Kuwait and Jordan have excellent relations with the West (USA in particular) in fact better than all Middle Eastern states nearly since they are both relatively small countries that have no say in the region politics when it matters the most.

He, along with the Iranian Mullah's are just tiny minorities in the Muslim world that form 10 percent of the worlds Muslim population. After a few more bloody sectarian years in Iraq they will adopt secularism which is the only thing that can keep the country united, if we look apart from Kurdistan. The Sunnis form 40 percent (if the Kurds are included) which is a sizable population. No Sunni country will look silently in case of any massacres on Sunnis. The Shias in Iraq might have the backing of the current Shia Islamists in Iran but that's just 1 single country. The Sunnis have the political backing of 1.4 billion Sunnis and the backing of all Sunnis in the region, all of them far exceeding in population, influence, money etc. Iraq is surrounded by Sunni states apart from Iran. All Arab. In fact only the Kurds have a direct connection to Turkey.

What we witness in Syria is just the desperate actions of those Shias and Iran is pulling the strings. I predict that the Iranian Mullah regime has less than a decade before they fall apart either from the outside or from the inside. Many Iranians are atheists and not even religious/do not support the regime. They might be Iranian nationalists (whatever that is given all the different ethnic groups in Iran) but that's a completely different thing. They could only use that in Iranic areas while today they use religion (Shia Twelver Islam) as a geopolitical tool which is far more effective since it transcends ethnicity and a particular region.

Let us not forget that for each single week more Iranians are against them. So either way there is not really anything to worry about.

Once the Mullah's will be removed then I believe that Iran will become a normal economical partner. Never a best friend or indisputable ally like the alliances between us Arabs and Sunni states but at least some kind of partner.

They will obviously continue to seek their own benefit/influence etc. like any other player in the region. But again the map of the Middle East might change drastically. Either on religious or ethnic lines.

The Kurds cannot continue to be stateless. I predict, that after the Palestine-Israel conflict is solved, which I predict will be a reality in less than a decade (two-state solution) since the world is tired of that conflict and especially the West, then the big talk from our region will be the Kurds.

So all in all the future looks good for us Arabs and Sunnis. In fact the Middle East overall. Or either the worst fanatics will finish each other off and the region can be rebuilt from new but that war is destined to be won by us Sunnis since we outnumber Shias 9:1.

It would be funny to quote/keep this post and see how much of it will become reality in let's say 5 or 10 years. I predict a lot.

What will happen in Syria in the near period of time will probably dictate what will happen in the next 1-2 years. Russia is also desperate since they lost every Arab/Middle Eastern ally and only have Syria and Iran left. But I believe that they are wise enough to realize that the Sunni Arab states which form 90 percent of all Arabs, always will dominate. So they will find another ally or semi-puppet they can use for their geopolitical gains like they have used Syria under the Assad family.

Iran, once free from the Mullah's, will naturally look towards NATO/USA/EU although without necessarily being anti-Russian given the proximity to the Russian sphere of influence.

 

[Doritos11]

^^

Iraq is not going to attack any country, the idea of the Iraqi army massacring sunnis is also bs, the officers are not extreme with any ideology, they simply defend the country and keep it away from chaos, they also serve as the guards of the government though not as extreme as during the Saddam times, they will not massacre people for the gov.
You’ve probably seen the vid in the other thread of Sahwa and Iraqi Army working together, the leader of the organization showed its support aswell.
Sahwa is around 30.000 according to wiki, unreliable source when its to this but its a big sized group.

Btw, why would Iraq attack Jordan, in 2012 they gave Jordan 100.000 free barrels of oil and still supply it to Jordan for a low price compared to the normal world price of oil.

 

[al-Hasani]

^^

Iraq is not going to attack any country, the idea of the Iraqi army massacring sunnis is also bs, the officers are not extreme with any ideology, they simply defend the country and keep it away from chaos, they also serve as the guards of the government though not as extreme as during the Saddam times, they will not massacre people for the gov.
You’ve probably seen the vid in the other thread of Sahwa and Iraqi Army working together, the leader of the organization showed its support aswell.
Sahwa is around 30.000 according to wiki, unreliable source when its to this but its a big sized group.

Btw, why would Iraq attack Jordan, in 2012 they gave Jordan 100.000 free barrels of oil and still supply it to Jordan for a low price compared to the normal world price of oil.

I am exactly saying that Al-Maliki is harmless and just a tool of the Iranian regime but since Sunnis form 40 percent of Iraq's population and due to him being limited by a parliament, several interests etc. he will not be stupid enough to support Iran during a war against his fellow Arabs regardless of them being non-Shias but Sunnis or attack any neighbor that is not Iran.

USA does not trust Iraq yet due to the Iranian influence but once they (Mullah's) will get removed (which they will) then I believe that Iraq will move closer towards the remaining Arab world.

The good relations (or relative good relations) between Iraq and Jordan dates back to the Hashemites ruling both countries and many Iraqis, mainly Sunnis, also have lived/live in Jordan as refugees or just residents.

In general Arabs in the entire Middle East have family ties to nearby nations me included. So obviously there will also be state cooperation.

The problem is though that every single Arab country does not trust Iraq fully as long as it is ruled by Shia Islamist parties who have the backing of Iran/have been founded there and who gets support from Iran.

But the Iranian Mullah regime is on loan so once they are gone there will be no problems I believe.

Also quite frankly then North Iraq (Kurdistan) is already ruled by Kurds and I believe that federalism will be the reality in Iraq. The Sunnis have not been happy for 10 years and I believe that they want to rule their affairs more on their own. So autonomy or federalism would not be a bad think necessarily. It works in many countries in Europe.

In fact if that could happen successfully in Iraq, it might encourage other nearby countries to do the same with their minorities that cause problems etc. This would again limit ethnic/sectarian conflicts in the region and be to the benefit of the region overall. At the end of the day all regimes want stability more than anything else unless they live on creating divisions like the Mullah's do in the Arab world at least.

The Kurdish issue must also be solved. But it impacts Syria, Turkey and Iran as well. Iran would be in danger of falling apart if they gave the Kurds autonomy since all the other minorities would ask for the same. Such problem does not exist in Iraq, Syria or Turkey.

 

[Doritos11]

I am exactly saying that Al-Maliki is harmless and just a tool of the Iranian regime but since Sunnis form 40 percent of Iraq's population and due to him being limited by a parliament, several interests etc. he will not be stupid enough to support Iran during a war against his fellow Arabs regardless of them being non-Shias but Sunnis or attack any neighbor that is not Iran.

USA does not trust Iraq yet due to the Iranian influence but once they (Mullah's) will get removed (which they will) then I believe that Iraq will move closer towards the remaining Arab world.

The good relations (or relative good relations) between Iraq and Jordan dates back to the Hashemites ruling both countries and many Iraqis, mainly Sunnis, also have lived/live in Jordan as refugees or just residents.

In general Arabs in the entire Middle East have family ties to nearby nations me included. So obviously there will also be state cooperation.

The problem is though that every single Arab country does not trust Iraq fully as long as it is ruled by Shia Islamist parties who have the backing of Iran/have been founded there and who gets support from Iran.

But the Iranian Mullah regime is on loan so once they are gone there will be no problems I believe.

Also quite frankly then North Iraq (Kurdistan) is already ruled by Kurds and I believe that federalism will be the reality in Iraq. The Sunnis have not been happy for 10 years and I believe that they want to rule their affairs more on their own. So autonomy or federalism would not be a bad think necessarily. It works in many countries in Europe.


In fact if that could happen successfully in Iraq, it might encourage other nearby countries to do the same with their minorities that cause problems etc. This would again limit ethnic/sectarian conflicts in the region and be to the benefit of the region overall. At the end of the day all regimes want stability more than anything else unless they live on creating divisions like the Mullah's do in the Arab world at least.

The Kurdish issue must also be solved. But it impacts Syria, Turkey and Iran as well. Iran would be in danger of falling apart if they gave the Kurds autonomy since all the other minorities would ask for the same. Such problem does not exist in Iraq, Syria or Turkey.

Federalism is ok, but the Kurds are not Iraqis, just some mountain Iranic people ( no offense to Iranians, they just aren’t from the lowlands of mesopotamia ).
They have been working against Iraq, sabotaging everything and fighting against Iraq since the independence of the modern state, the Shah was supporting these guerillas in the 70’s, and they sided with him.
Then they sided with the Islamic regime against the Shah and now the side against them.. they are simply being used by every nation out there and they keep falling in the same trap, today they got lucky and got an autonomous region which still relies heavily on Iraqi money and Turkish protection against Iraq which they pay by selling their oil/gas on ridiculous low prices.
All history in these cities they claim are not theirs, Kerkuk which is "the heart of Kurdistan" was built by Nebucaddnezar, the king of Babylon which has nothing to do with Iranic history.
Cultural autonomy is no problem, other Iraqis would not make their own army like Kurds, Kurds are not Iraqis, just on paper.
(ofc im not saying all Kurds are not Iraqis, the ones that want to be are welcome but the majority are not historically ).


Iraq and the US relations are not that bad, they trust Iraq Abrams tanks and advanced F16’s without Amraams, like the ones Egypt has, they do not trust us enough for Amraams neither do they trust Egypt with these advanced missiles, Egypt is a threat to Israel with its huge military.
Iraqis have learned from all those wars, they will not make the same mistakes, as for the policies of the current regime they are not the best ones out there.
A secular regime is the best for a country like Iraq if peace is the intention, Kurds however will never be satisfied they will always work against the country, people need to understand that the time of salahdin is over, they have been ultra nationalists since nationalism was spread in the Ottoman empire.
Considering Iraq-GCC Iraq-UAE relations must be the best of them, ofcourse they are not deeply into the whole sunni-shia cold war.

 

[al-Hasani]

Federalism is ok, but the Kurds are not Iraqis, just some mountain Iranic people ( no offense to Iranians, they just aren’t from the lowlands of mesopotamia ).
They have been working against Iraq, sabotaging everything and fighting against Iraq since the independence of the modern state, the Shah was supporting these guerillas in the 70’s, and they sided with him.
Then they sided with the Islamic regime against the Shah and now the side against them.. they are simply being used by every nation out there and they keep falling in the same trap, today they got lucky and got an autonomous region which still relies heavily on Iraqi money and Turkish protection against Iraq which they pay by selling their oil/gas on ridiculous low prices.
All history in these cities they claim are not theirs, Kerkuk which is "the heart of Kurdistan" was built by Nebucaddnezar, the king of Babylon which has nothing to do with Iranic history.
Cultural autonomy is no problem, other Iraqis would not make their own army like Kurds, Kurds are not Iraqis, just on paper.
(ofc im not saying all Kurds are not Iraqis, the ones that want to be are welcome but the majority are not historically ).


Iraq and the US relations are not that bad, they trust Iraq Abrams tanks and advanced F16’s without Amraams, like the ones Egypt has, they do not trust us enough for Amraams neither do they trust Egypt with these advanced missiles, Egypt is a threat to Israel with its huge military.
Iraqis have learned from all those wars, they will not make the same mistakes, as for the policies of the current regime they are not the best ones out there.
A secular regime is the best for a country like Iraq if peace is the intention, Kurds however will never be satisfied they will always work against the country, people need to understand that the time of salahdin is over, they have been ultra nationalists since nationalism was spread in the Ottoman empire.
Considering Iraq-GCC Iraq-UAE relations must be the best of them, ofcourse they are not deeply into the whole sunni-shia cold war.

Well why should the Kurds steal Arab/Iraqi/Semitic land that is not theirs? The problem with giving them a independent country is what will happen next in the region? I can see selfish/rich regions try to create their own countries just so they can have more for themselves. Just look at Qatar or Kuwait. Why would they want to be part of Iraq or KSA if they can live as a tiny state and live better because their riches are shared by fewer persons?

Why would Qataris join KSA when they are the richest country on earth pr. capita? They would not be as rich if they had a population of 30 million.

The Kurds are well-known to create problems. But we should not forget that not all cause problems and that most are fellow Sunni Muslims. Some are obviously more nationalists than religious just as the same can be said about some Arabs, Turks, Iranians etc.

Also this does not only concern Iraq. What will Turkey do? Syria? Or most importantly Iran? If they first give autonomy/independency to Kurdistan (without or with the Mullah's as ruling power) then what will the Baluch who have fought against Iran for decades do? The Arabs? The Azeris etc. The Baluch will also want parts of Pakistan. It will spread like fire.

Both Arabs, Turks and Persians are in general nationalists. The whole Middle East is not used to federalism like in Europe but all operate with strong state control/powers.

We Semitic and Arabs all know about the Semitic history in the Middle East. The Kurds are not different to those Iranians who claim Iraq and say that it is Iranian land just because it was part of the Sassanid Empire for some years. It was Semitic way before, even before the Iranic people emigrated to the Middle East from Central Asia (modern day Kazakhstan). Anyway the Kurds are here regardless of their origin (I believe that they are mixed like most Middle Eastern people/populations) so they are a problem now.

It will be difficult for the region. Another Palestine/Israel in store if that first conflict will be solved.

Iraq tries to have relations with USA, Russia, Iran and some Arab countries. But at the end of the day we both know that you cannot both we a REAL ally with USA and Russia at once just like you cannot be an real ally with the Sunni Arab countries (Turkey included) and Iran at the same time.

Currently, under Al-Maliki, then Iran is the biggest ally. This might change under a new ruler or if the Mullah's fall.

The Arab relations with Iraq all depend on the Iranian Mullah regime and their involvement in Iraq. Normal Arabs have nothing against Iraqis whom they consider to be fellow Arab and Semitic people (Muslims also) as this forum also proves. Their might be Sunni-Shia discussions etc. But this happens among all Arab groups and Middle Eastern in this time and age. The Syrian conflict is not helping.

Iraq being an Arab country and being surrounded by Arab countries (Sunni Arab that is) will have to somehow get better relations with fellow Arabs. Whether the Sunni Arabs will be on the forefront with that or not is to be seen or under a federal region.

In fact I am very curious to see what will happen with the region once the Mullah's will be gone. Many of the regimes also use their opponent for their gains. What will be the next rivalry/conflict?

It is very difficult to predict. I really believe that peace with Israel would help the region a lot.

I wonder what will happen in 100 years? Or just 50 years time. Will we see the same rivalries?

 

[meral]

Today Turkish-Iraq relations are bad only because Turkey is using KRG for cheap oil as far as I know, eventually they will be forced to have good relations if the port plans are finished, Turkey and Iraq don’t share real historic problems/hate between each other, though you cannot compare the regime of Iraq to that of Syria which has been hardcore anti Israel with its support to Hezbollah and was supporting all anti Israel parties in the 80’s lebanese civil war.

The USA atleast does not have big problems with Iraq at the current moment except that they want Iraq to fully block their airspace to Iranians planes going to Syria which is not happening 100%, btw how is this possible without fighter jets..
Todays Iraq is not like the past, the military/justice system makes it hard for the parties to violate the major rules, if Maliki stays after his term they might try to oust him, time will tell.

Why do Shia people want to lean on iran? What did Maliki do to have better ties with Turkey? It would be really cool if Irak was secular and people wouldnt get polarized to religion sects

 

[Doritos11]

Why do Shia people want to lean on iran? What did Maliki do to have better ties with Turkey? It would be really cool if Irak was secular and people wouldnt get polarized to religion sects

Maliki has had no problem with Turkey, he tried to have good relations but Turkey was signing oil deals with KRG ignoring the Iraqi constitution and bringing Iraq in trouble meddling in internal affairs.
This is why relations are ruined.
An example is the leader of MHP wanted to visit Kerkuk probably to gain popularity showing support to the turkmen since MHP is a turkic nationalist party.
Its not Iraq that has been making Turkey an enemy.