Ankara, March 2, SPA -- Turkey's foreign minister said on Thursday U.S. troops should not quit neighbouring Iraq prematurely "The Iraqis should be able to administer themselves, but we say the withdrawal of coalition forces before these things can happen would cause a vacuum, a gap," Abdullah Gul told reporters in televised remarks. Gul reaffirmed Turkey's support for Iraq's territorial and political unity, Reuters reported. --SPA 14 16 Local Time 11 16 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/336113