Turkey, a NATO ⁠member ​and Iran's neighbour, is currently working on securing peace with ​the outlawed Iraq-based ⁠Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group. Ankara also backs the integration of Syrian Kurdish militants into Syria's state systems, and is unlikely to support collaboration with ⁠Iranian Kurdish militias by NATO ally Washington.

Spread across Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey, the ethnic group of 40 million has long sought, and fought for, greater autonomy.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday criticised the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran as a "clear violation" of international law, adding that Turkey shared the pain

According to data provided by the minister, some 5,010 people entered Turkey between March 1 and 3, while 5,495 people exited.

Ankara said NATO defenses intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Iran that was heading toward Turkish airspace, as Turkish officials called for restraint amid rising regional tensions.

Iran maintains ties with a range of countries, including Turkey, India, Russia and China. Yet in this war, their support is mostly rhetoric.

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European governments are rallying behind Cyprus as the widening war with Iran spills into the eastern Mediterranean, with capitals increasingly worried that Turkey could exploit t