Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Sunday received Massoud Barzani, head of the regional administration in the north of Iraq, Anadolu Agency reported.
The meeting at the Huber Presidential Kiosk in Istanbul was held closed to media.
Barzani pays a visit to Turkey for the first time in six years. He met earlier with Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.