'We have the tap': Turkey's Erdogan threatens oil flow from Iraq's Kurdish area
Tayyip Erdogan
HABUR  Turkey (Reuters)  - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan  threatened on Monday to cut off the pipeline that carries oil from northern Iraq to the outside world  intensifying pressure on the Kurdish autonomous region over  its  independence referendum.
 Erdogan  spoke shortly after Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Ankara could take punitive measures involving borders and air space against the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over the referendum and would not recognize the outcome.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during a conference in Istanbul  Turkey  September 25  2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during a conference in Istanbul  Turkey  September 25  2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
"HABUR  [TGT]threatened on Monday to cut off the pipeline that carries oil from northern Iraq to the outside world  intensifying pressure on the Kurdish autonomous region over  its  independence referendum.
 [TGT]spoke shortly after Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said Ankara could take punitive measures involving borders and air space against the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over the referendum and would not recognize the outcome.
[TGT] makes a speech during a conference in Istanbul  Turkey  September 25  2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer" 
[TGT] makes a speech during a conference in Istanbul  Turkey  September 25  2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer"