10 freed Turkish hostages arrive in Baghdad
Ten former Turkish hostages, whose liberation was announced on Sunday, have arrived in Baghdad, where they were introduced to the press.
The 10 men appeared in good health, and the company's manager vowed the Vinsan construction firm would stay in Iraq, defying the Islamic militant group that kidnapped its workers.
"We will not leave Iraq," Ali Haydar Veziroglu told reporters at Vinsan's offices in Baghdad.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. The Turkish construction company announced on September 21 that it was freezing its activities in Iraq after 10 of its workers had been taken hostage.
On Sunday, Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera reported an Islamist group, calling itself the Salafist Abu Bakr al-Seddiq Group, released the 10 Turkish hostages based on the condition that their company pulled out of the country.
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