Turkey announced on Friday that it was partially reopening its airspace to flights from Erbil in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, announced Prime Minister Binali Yildirim.
He said the airspace would be open to commercial and civilian flights to and from Erbil.
Flights from Sulaimaniya were not included in the plan, he told reporters in Ankara.
He cited security concerns stemming from alleged Kurdish rebel activity targeting Turkey from the Sulaimaniya region.
In October last year, Turkey closed its airspace to flights to and from Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region, in response to an independence referendum.
The vote was vehemently rejected by Baghdad, Turkey and Iraq's other neighbors, ratcheting up tensions in the region.
Earlier this month, Baghdad restored authority at airports in Kurdistan.
