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>      Turkomans - 27 February 2015
The Iraqi Turkomans claim to be the third largest ethnic group in ...

>      Who, What and Where are Iraq’s Turkmen? - 21 September 2014
Know your Yazidi. An anthropological sketch will assure support for ...

>      Report on the situation of displaced Turkmen families after the events of the Mosul June 2014 - 21 September 2014
According to the available information, the displaced people of Tel-Afar and ...

>      Interview with the ITF representative UK

>      Amerli: Iraqi town besieged by IS starving to death - 22 August 2014
With each new dawn, the people of Amerli wake up to the same nightmare ...

>      Iraq’s Beleaguered Turkmen Enclaves - 22 August 2014
If the world will not help Iraqi Turkmens defend their homes, then at least help them ...

>      Joint effort to break Jihadist siege of Iraqi Turkmen town - 22 August 2014
Amerli, a Turkmen town that has been besieged by jihadists for 50 days, officials said ...

>      Besieged Iraqi Turkmen town cries for help - 22 August 2014
We are drinking unclean water from the wells, residents are affected by ...

>      Urgent Action For Iraq’s Vulnerable Components Needed - 30 July 2014
Ersad Salihi, President of the Iraqi Turkmen Front, gave a speech at the Iraqi ...

>      Urgent Action For Iraq’s Vulnerable Components Needed - 30 July 2014
Ersad Salihi, President of the Iraqi Turkmen Front, gave a speech at the Iraqi ...

>      Help to save us. Say NO to Genocide - 29 July 2014
Approx 1 million Turkman displaced from their homes ...

>      Iraqi Turkmens ‘left for dead’ in desert - 21 July 2014
A humanitarian tragedy is unfolding in Iraq as Turkmens who fled the...

>      Iraq: The minorities of Nineveh Plain - 21 July 2014
The Turkmen are the third largest ethnic group in Iraq...

>      Saving Iraqi Turkmens Is a Win-Win-Win - 17 July 2014
Northern Iraq's Turkmens are a Turkic-ethnicity, Turkish-speaking...

>      Question Asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool - House of Lords - Lords Written Answers - 7 March 2014
the alleged failure of Iraq’s courts to consider cases relating to the seizure of Turkmen land and properties...

>      The EU should pay special attention to the deteriorating human rights situation of the Turkmen community in Iraq - 2 March 2014
Metin Kazak gave as an example the bloody incident in January 2014 in the cities of...

>      The conference was jointly organized by the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) and the Nonviolent Radical Party (NRP) - 19 December 2013
Yellow colour points to the lands which were built between 2002 and 2007 ...

>      The conference was jointly organized by the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), Minority Rights Group International (MRG) and the Nonviolent Radical Party (NRP) - 19 December 2013
Table 1, the lands were confiscated in Kerkuk province by the resolutions number 369, dated 1975 ...

>      Iraqi Turkmen leader fears assimilation of Turkmen - 12 December 2013
Al-Salihi himself narrowly escaped a bomb attack against his life in Kirkuk when a roadside mine ...

>      Expert Speech before the DROI and D-IQ, European Parliament UNPO General Secretary, Marino Busdachin - 27 November 2013
I would first and foremost like to thank the Delegation for ...

>      UNPO URGENT APPEAL - The European Parliament Must Pressure the Iraqi Government To Adequately Protect the Turkmen From Kidnappings, Land Confiscation and Assimilation - 14 November 2013
On Sunday 3 November 2013, the administration of Kirkuk...

>      UN Side Event : “Iraqi Turkmen: Unveiling Repression in Iraq.” - 25 September 2013
Ms. Sundus Abbas started the panel discussion with a brief history of the Iraqi ...

>      Iraqi Turkmen: Unveiling Repression in Iraq - 09 September 2013
This event will serve as a platform for raising awareness about the current human ...

>      United Nations Security Council Urged To Intervene On The Rapidly Deteriorating Situation Of The Turkmen In Northern Iraq - 29 July 2013
On 23 July 2013, at least 60 Iraqi civilians were killed or wounded in two bomb ...

>      European Parliament Urged To Hold Hearing On The Situation Of The Iraqi Turkmen In Northern Iraq - 8 July 2013
Further to the previous appeal of February 2013, following a series of attacks ...

>      Joint Motion for a Resolution on Iraq: the plight of minority groups, including the Iraqi Turkmen - 13 March 2013
whereas Iraq has long been home to a variety of ethnic and religious minority ...

>      Urgent Appeal regarding the human rights situation of Iraqi Turkmens - 5 March 2013
Below is a non-exhaustive list of atrocities committed against Turkmen people ...

>      Political Balances Changing In Favor Of Kurds, Shiites In Iraq - 02 July 2013
Its population is around 150,000. It is a Turkmen residential area in terms of its historic, cultural, social...

>      Report of the Public Hearing on Human rights situation of Turkmen of Iraq 5 December 2011 Subcommittee on Human Rights European Parliament, Brussels - 5 December 2011
Rebuilding civil society remains the major challenge facing Iraqi Turkmen leaders as the...

>      A roundtable on The Human Rights Situation of the Iraqi Turkmenn - Committee Room 4A House of Lords, London - 18 October 2012
The Iraqi Turkmen have been victims of decades of persecution and victimisation as a distinct...

>      Uncovering human rights situation in Iran and Iraq and implications from the Arab Spring - 25 September 2012,
This event will highlight some of the most pressing issues currently facing minorities...

>      Iraqi Turkmen: Minorities Need EU Support - by Metin Kazak, Member of European Parliament - 17 DECEMBER 2011
When people are kidnapped in Kirkuk they disappear. Some do return to their families after large...

>      Metin Kazak’s Parliamentary Question - 14 July 2011
As the United States prepares to withdraw its forces from Iraq and the ...

>      Early Day Motion: Human Rights Situation Of Iraqi Turkmen - 08 November 2010
further condemns the treatment of the Iraqi Turkmen as the lower class in Iraq in ...

>      Turkmen in Iraq and their flight: A demographic question - 5 May 2012
Ethnic and religious conflicts, power struggles and wars have determined and shaped the ....

>      Maliki government and Turkmen in Iraq - 25 December 2010
Following the general elections held on March 7, 2010, Iraq’s parliament gave a vote of...

>      Iraq's Turkomans Feel New Political Strength - 12 July 2013
The Turkomans themselves express it best. Outside of Iraq, they say, people know about ...

>      Conflict and international migration: Iraqi Turkmen in Turkey - 18 July 2005
This paper addresses a known issue with a particular focus on an unknown population ...

>      Turkmen join Arabs to stop referendum in Iraq - 17 August 2009
Arab and Turkmen politicians in Iraq’s northern Kirkuk province have banded together to try to ...

>      Attack Against Turkmen Existence in Iraq: Tazehurmatu - 23 June 2009
As the guest of honor in the conference named “The role of Turkmens in a New Iraq,” held in Baghdad on June 20...

>      Pressure applied to members of the Turkmen - 12 June 2002
Referring to Iraq's internally displaced peoples the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) reported ......

>      Turkey and Northern Iraq: An Overview - February 2008
The size of the community of Turkish-speakers in Iraq known as Turkmen—also...

>      Turkmens in Contested Oil-Rich Province Vow to Boycott Iraq’s National Census - 24 July 2009
Political parties representing the ethnic Turkmen population in the oil-rich province ...

>      Endangered Community: The Turkoman Identity in Iraq - 2 October 2004
This paper provides a preliminary survey of the origins, population size and areas of settlement of...

>      Iraq's Turkomen Minority Appeals for Protection - 17 Sep 2007
Iraq's Turkomen minority leaders are urging the central government to provide protection for areas where ...

>      Myth of Tal Afar, beacon of American 'success' - 11 April 2007
Pity the city that becomes a symbol of US success in Iraq. Last year,Tal Afar in the north-east...

>      The Turkmens exiled from their capital - 4 April 2007
Turkmen businessmen have been the silent victims of the war in northern Iraq. They have become...

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