Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that the coming Iraqi election would not be fully democratic since one major ethnic group is to be absent.
"It would not be possible to characterize this election as a fully democratic election," the Turkish leader told reporters at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.
The election was unlikely to bring stability to the country, he added.
The Iraqi election is scheduled to begin this weekend despite Sunni Arabs have decided not to take part.
The Turkish Prime Minister also expressed concern that the election could be divisive on the basis of ethnicity and said his country remained committed to territorial integrity of Iraq.