Establishment and collapse of the Iraqi Turkmen political system under the Turkish control
A press campaign and political actions
"Turkey should respect the political will of the Iraqi Turkmen"
Before the establishment of the Iraqi Turkmen Front
Founding & collapse of the Turkmen political system under Turkey’s hegemony
Before Establishment of the Turkmen Front
Turkey did nothing for the Iraq Turkmen before 1990, when they were subjected to the worst kind of human rights violations
Turkey did not allow the Turkmen of Iraq to establish a political party, when a large elite of Turkmen intellectuals and academics lived there
After the occupation of Kuwait in August 1990, by international support, all segments of the large Iraqi opposition abroad began organizing giant meetings, as the first was in Beirut on 11 Mart 1991
In order to exploit the Iraqi Turkmen politics, Turkey agreed to establish a Turkmen political party in Turkey
The Iraqi Turkmen National Party was founded before the first conference of the Iraqi opposition in Beirut a few months, and supported by Turkey to participation in the conference
The Iraqi opposition activities abroad hugely increased in the early 1990s
The Iraqi problem was occupying the international agenda for several years.
The Iraqi opposition included giant Arabic and Kurdish political groups and the Kurdish parties, which had important role in the leadership of the opposition, were trying to reject and marginalize the Turkmen in the opposition administration
The responsibilities and the struggle of the Iraqi Turkmen National party for higher posts in the opposition administration had increased. A chance to find funding was increased
Being bored of Turkish control, the Turkmen politicians started to escape the Turkish authorities to avoid their interference in the decision making process of the party
Then, began the intention of the Turkish authorities to fight the leaders of the Turkmen national party, and to find the mean to control the Turkmen political system
The Turkish administration found the Iraqi Turkmen front
For known reasons, the Turkmen National Party had difficulties in self-financing
In fact, Turkey has committed itself as the only financer of the party
Control of funding was the best method to control Turkman politicians and party activities
Turkey has applied the same policy to the Turkmen front for 23 years controlling it fully
By this policy Turkey has prevented Turkman from taking Azerbaijani funding and others
The Iraqi opposition met intensively, from occupation of Kuwait to fall of the Baath regime
The meetings were in many countries, Lebanon Saudi Arabia Iran Austria England and US
The opposition instituted offices in several countries
Seven itemThe opposition groups met with the governments of Western and Arab countries to obtain financial and political support
The Turkmen National Party might participate in all that activities, which required a professional hard political effort
Participation in meetings required consent of the Turkish government (ministry-intelligence)
After approval, financial support was given and after return a report was requested
This was required in all activities, particularly those requiring funding
The party did not always get consent of Turkish government to participate in the meetings
For example, Turkey prevented the party from participating in meetings during which the income of the oil-for-food program was distributed, and 13% was given to Kurds
Turkey has thus deprived the Turkmen of a monthly quota of millions of dollars
As time passed, foreign and Turkish intelligence began dictating their policy to the party's administration
When Turkish officials realized that they could not pass their orders to the politicians of the Turkmen National Party, they removed party leaders away from the party
Turkey then reconstructed the Turkmen political map to establish the Turkmen Front
Turkey then directly supervised the administration of Turkmen politics
However, the Turkish government has relied in important issues on his loyalists, as in the Iraqi opposition meetings
Examples, Turkey imposed M. Ziyai on New York meetings 10/1999 and sent him secretly to attend meetings in London