Turkish Officials Deny Release Of Kidnapped Workers İn Iraq

A Turkish official denied reports that said Turkish workers who were kidnapped by gunmen in Baghdad earlier in September were released, while underlining that intense efforts to this aim have been underway. "Both officials at the Foreign Ministry headquarters and at the Turkish Embassy in Baghdad have been exerting efforts in coordination with Iraqi officials for their release," the same official, speaking under customary condition of anonymity, told Hürriyet Daily News on Sept. 28, declining to further elaborate.