"The U.S. will one day leave the region. It is clear who will stay in this region, who will remain as a power there. Barzani needs to make a decision," Turkish President Abdullah Gul said during an official reception in Ankara.

"Turkey is no one's enemy. We supply more help to northern Iraq than anyone. We have more relatives and close ones there than anyone. During difficult periods in the past for northern Iraq, Turkey always opened its doors. But the terror group relations are poisoning things, they are taking our relations hostage," Gul said, Hurriyet reports.