title: Turkey to close border gates with Northern Iraq in coordination with Baghdad, Tehran: Erdogan spox
text: ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey will gradually close border gates with northern Iraq in coordination with the central Iraqi government and Iran, in response to an independence referendum in Iraq s Kurdish region, Ibrahim Kalin, President Tayyip Erdogan s spokesman said on Thursday. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim is expected to visit  Baghdad on Sunday to meet with Iraqi counterpart Haider al-Abadi. 