星期三，枪手在伊拉克首都绑架了18名土耳其工人。
这些正在修建一座足球场的工人在巴格达东北部什叶派穆斯林聚居的哈比比亚城区被绑架。
目前还不清楚绑架者的身份以及他们的目的。
土耳其副总理库尔图尔姆斯说，土耳其当局与伊拉克方面保持着接触。
去年，伊斯兰国激进分子在土耳其驻摩苏尔领事馆扣押了49名土耳其人质，三个多月后才释放他们。人质中包括外交官、军人和儿童。
Gunmen kidnapped 18 Turkish workers Wednesday in Iraq's capital.
The workers, who were part of a crew building a football stadium, were taken in the mainly Shi'ite Habibiya district in northeastern Baghdad.
There was no indication of the identity of the kidnappers or their motive.
Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said Turkish authorities were in contact with those in Iraq.
Last year, Islamic State militants seized 49 Turkish hostages from Turkey's consulate in Mosul and held them for more than three months before releasing the group. Those hostages included diplomats, soldiers and children.
