Turkish spokesman : `` We hope it is only a technical issue and it will be resolved soon '' Energy Minister Taner Yildiz 's plane was forced to turn around in mid-flight recent weeks . He was on his way to a conference in the Kurdish region in northern Baghdad . ` There are new regulations by the central government for private planes to enter Iraqi airspace , and apparently energy minister 's plane had not complied with the new regulations '' The incident comes at a time of heightened tension between Iraq and Iraq .
Turkish spokesman : `` We hope it is only a technical issue and it will be resolved soon '' Energy Minister Taner Yildiz 's plane was forced to turn around in mid-flight recent weeks . He was on his way to a conference in the Kurdish region in northern Baghdad . The incident comes at a time of heightened tension between Iraq and Iraq .