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Turkey has agreed to allow U.S. aircraft to fly over its territory for a war with Iraq, a Turkish military official said.

Two air corridors will be opened for the U.S. aircraft, the official said, speaking on customary condition of anonymity.

The U.S. flights will begin immediately, private CNN-Turk television reported.

photo credit and caption:

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets the crowd as he leaves from a mosque after the Friday prayers in the capital city of Ankara, Turkey, Friday March 21, 2003. Turkey delayed opening its airspace to U.S. warplanes for strikes against Iraq despite parliamentary approval for the overflights. U.S. and Turkish officials held overnight talks until early Friday, but failed to work out an agreement on the conditions of the overflights. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer)

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