Tariq Aziz: Why Iraq Did Not Leave Kuwait
Context
A programme from the 32.Day archive about events of 1991, published on the 32.Gün YouTube channel on 15 October 2025.
Original Turkish title: Irak Dosyası | 1991
Saddam Hüseyin yönetiminin en üst düzey yetkilisi, başkan yardımcısı Tarık Aziz, neden Kuveyt'ten çıkmadıklarından başlayıp savaşla ilgili hepimizin sorduğu soruları Kürtlerin geleceğinden Türkiye ile ilişkilere kadar şimdiye kadarki en geniş açıklamalarını bize yaptı. Bağdat'a gidelim ve Irak dosyasını açalım. iyi Seyirler...
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Archive pages: The Gulf War, 1990–1991 · Baghdad
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32.Gün (32.Day) was the current-affairs programme created and presented by Mehmet Ali Birand. It first aired on TRT on 1 October 1985 and ran for more than three decades on several Turkish channels. Its crews filmed across Turkey, the Middle East, the Balkans, the Caucasus and the former Soviet Union.
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