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ANKARA/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Sixteen Turkish workers abducted by militants in Iraq a month ago have been released and are with embassy officials, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday. The men were snatched on Sept. 2 from a stadium they were building on the outskirts of Baghdad, apparently by an armed group that used a familiar Shi'ite Muslim slogan and threatened to attack Turkish interests in Iraq if its demands were not met. Turkey's ambassador to Iraq, Faruk Kaymakci, tweeted an image of the men outside the embassy and said they were expected to leave Baghdad and travel to the capital Ankara.Continue reading...
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