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Important Publications & events
> 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 ...
> 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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