Turkey had just come out from under the thumb of an oppressive religius regime. Iraq's regime was secular.
I wouldn't call the Ottoman Empire an "oppressive religious regime". Plus that was 80 years ago, when the whole World was modernizing and secularism was seen as a good thing everywhere, even in the Middle East.
I prefer Option A all the way, it worked great for Turkey.
You get arrested in Turkey for criticising the government. What they lack in religious oppression they make up for with ethnic repression and militarism.
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