Turkish workers kidnapped in Iraq have been released: Turkish PM

Turkish workers kidnapped in Iraq have been released: Turkish PM

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Turkish workers kidnapped in Iraq have been released: Turkish PM

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Sixteen Turkish workers abducted four weeks ago by armed militants in Iraq have been released and are with embassy officials, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said on his Twitter account on Sept. 30. 

The men, snatched on Sept. 2 from a stadium they were building on the outskirts of Baghdad, are expected to return to Turkey on Sept. 30 or Oct.1  after a debriefing, the chief executive of Nurol Holding, their employer, said. 


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