·      Barzani’s way of Democracy: How to mislead the international community? - 18 December 2007

Apparently become clear later in the day that; the Kurdish parties, particularly KDP and Peshmerga militants plan to impose the Kerkuk inhabitants to stay at home to give the impression that the people in Kerkuk are protesting against adjournment of the article 140. At 8.30 in the morning, the Kurdish Asayish, Peshmergas and Kurdish policemen closed the cities entrances in Kerkuk province; they prevented citizens from leaving the cities, even those whom had patients. Despite the director’s instructions, large numbers of staffs attended work. But the Kurdish directors prevented them entering there offices...

·    SOITM Presentation in the conference “Kerkuk Problem and the article 140: Defining alternatives The views of Kerkuk’s Turkmen and Arabs” - 1 June 2008
Today, we are going to discuss the Kerkuk issue, which is considered as one of the major and long standing problems of Iraq. It is now about to worsen the already deteriorated condition of Iraq. Kerkuk region is famous for its huge oil reserves,1 natural gas and sulfur, the shallowest oil wells, the best oil qualities, and the vast fertile lands. In Kerkuk there are grounds which burn with scratch. Kerkuk city is the city of the eternal fire burning day and night; it streams continually as...

·         "Kerkuk Conference in the European Parliament: Kerkuk Problem and Article 140: Defining Alternatives, The views of Kerkuk’s Turkmen and Arabs" - 23 June 2008
-       Post-conference Press Release
-       Pre-conference Press Release
-       Concept note
-       Program
-       Flyer

·      SOITM presentation in the Lecture under the title “The north of Iraq Possible Turkish Invasion: Is it threatening to the stability in Iraq?” Organized by Association for the Study of the Middle East and Islam (MOI) in Utrecht University at 12 December, 2007 - 15 December 2007
The north of Iraq can be divided into two regions, the eastern region which is under Kurdish ...

·      The Report of the Iraqi Turkmen Conference in the European Parliament - 26 – 27 March 2007
The conference Iraqi Turkmen: the Human Rights Situation and Crisis in Kerkuk ...

·      fate of a city
- 24 July 2007
It is beyond doubt that the ongoing conflict in Iraq is in large part one of competing economic interests ...

-       Kerkuk - Verleden, heden en toekomst
Er is geen twijfel mogelijk dat het huidige voortdurende conflict in Irak er één is van tegenstrijdige ...

·      One-sided Kerkuk Conference in the Brussels Parliament - 10 July 2007
A conference on the Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution related to the Kerkuk Crisis was hold in the ...

·      A Turkmen view presented by SOITM in Amsterdam conference organized by Life - Lines / KSVN under the title Kerkuk - Past, Present and Future
- 6 June 2007
I would like to thank the organizers of this panel for arranging this discussion for one of the ...

-       Kirkuk Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft
In der Region Kirkuk lagern 2,2% der Erdölvorkommen der Erde, insgesamt über 10 Milliarden ...

·      Tahsin Kahya resigns from commission of Article 140 (Kerkuk Commission) - 20 April 2007
Mr. Tahsin Kahya is one of the Turkmen members of the Kerkuk city council from the Islamic Union of the ...

·      Peace perception of the President Bush: a tragic outcome of the sectarian hate created by the occupation - 12 April 2007
Telafer, historically is well known to be an entirely Turkmen populated city. It is the only district which ...

·      U.S. supported Kurdish militias continue to terrorize Turkmen cities - 16 March 2007
The U.S. authorities are giving their full support to the Kurds who are seeking to control Iraq’s oil wealth ...

·      Attacks on Turkmen cities in Kerkuk and Mosul - 9 February 2007
Under the severely Kurdified civil administration, police, security and military systems, the defenceless ...

·      The letter of the Iraqi Turkmen Human Rights Research Foundation to the members of the European parliament on Mr. Barzani’s speech which he made during the debate in the European Parliament’s Foreign affairs Committee on 8th May 2007 at 3.00pm. - 11 May 2007
Mr. Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI, Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs, ...

·      Summary of the real story of Telafer disaster: How the Sectarian Hatred was introduced in to the city and the role of Kurdish militants
- 13 April 2007
Before discussing the Telafer issue, it is essential to mention the important characteristics of the

-     Sammanfattning av den verkliga historien om Telafer katastrofen: Hur det sekteristiska Hatet infördes till staden och betydelsen av kurdiska miliser
Innan vi diskuterar Telafer frågan är det viktigt att nämna de viktiga egenskaperna för regionen och

-   موجز القصة الحقيقية لماسات تلعفر: كيف أُدخل الكراهية الطائفية الى المدينة ودور المليشيات الكردية - ٢٧ كانون الاول
     قبل الدخول في ازمة تلعفر لابد من التطرق الى بعض الحقائق التي تتمتع بها تلعفر وتركيبتها مما جعلتها تتمتع ...

·      Iraqi Turkmen Panel in the European Parliament - 26 – 27 March 2007

•     Post-conference Press Release

•     Pre-conference Press Release

•     Concept note

•     Program

•     Flyer

·      Violation of the human rights of the Iraqi Turkmen since the Establishment of the Iraqi State
- 27 January 2007
Patrick Clawson, Deputy Director for research of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy ...

-     Sammanfattning Brott mot de mänskliga rättigheterna begågna mot irakiska turkmenska samhället sedan inrättandet av den irakiska staten
Patrick Clawson, biträdande direktör för forskning i Washington Institutet för Mellanöstern politik ...

·      An Unfair Aspect of the Western Approach to the Kurdish Case in Iraq - 23 October 2006
On 4.9.2006 and 5.9.2006, the two top international media Agency France Press and Reuters published ...

·      Statements of SOITM delegation to the 24th Session of the Working Group on Indigenous Populations and 12th Session of the Working Group on Minorities, United Nations - Geneva - 30 July 2006

•     Indigenous Peoples and Current Human Rights Situation in Iraq
It is not necessary to reiterate the catastrophe that ever-escalating conflict in Iraq ...

•     Indigenous peoples and conflict prevention and resolution
The Iraqi community is well known for its multi-religious and multinational characteristics ...

•     Violation of Human Rights of Turkmen in Erbil
Erbil is one of the important Turkmen cities, which has been heavily subjected to Kurdification ...

•     The current situation of the Indigenous Turkmen of Iraq
Over the centuries, Turkmen played a constructive role in Iraq defending the country ...

•     Utilization of indigenous peoples’ lands by non-indigenous authorities, groups or individuals for military purposes
The Ba’ath Council banned the Turkmen from acquiring real estate in Kerkuk, with its ...

•     The Indigenous peoples and conflict prevention and resolution
Kerkuk City, which is located 250km north of Baghdad holds strategic as well as ...

•     Violation of Human Rights of the Turkmen of Iraq
Due to different geopolitical reasons, the Turkmen have remained unaided, removed from ...

•     Undermined Turkmen economy and its consequences
Economical and cultural repression of the Turkmen of Iraq for numerous decades has ...

·      Kerkuk Issue on the agenda of the first session of Human Rights Council, United Nations - 13 Mart 2006
The Iraqi Turkmen currently constitute one of the main ethnic groups in Iraq, in addition to the Arabs ...

·      Turkmen participant deprived by the Canadian Authorities of attending the International Human Rights Training Program in Canada - 15 June 2006
No doubt, that sustained marginalization and violation of Turkmen Human Rights, is one of the prominent ...

·      Ethnic Allocation of Kerkuk Population at the time of Sulayman the Magnificent - 16 June 2006
The vast oil deposit under the ground of Mosul province of Ottomans was the main reason, which made ...

·      A Reason of the Terror in the Occupied Iraq - 13 March 2006
It is well known to the international community when the Bush administration occupied Iraq in 2003 had ...

•      The extent of Kurdification of Kerkuk region - 11 January 2006
Kerkuk is a region of 2.2% of the planet petroleum deposit,1 which amounts over 10 billion barrels of the ...

·      Mainly, the Turkmen are losing in the inevitable Iraqi elections - 21 December 2005
Despite the lack of the simplest requirements of voting processes in Iraq, the election remains almost the ...

·      The question of legality concerning the Referendum on the Constitution and the upcoming Iraqi General Election and the validity of the results - 25 September 2005
In his latest report1 SOITM presented one more aspect of manipulation in the preceding Iraqi general ...

·      Undemocratic Aspects of the Draft of the New Iraqi Constitution - 16 Augustus 2005
In a country like Iraq, which is constituted of different ethnic and religious groups and after a dictatorial ...

·      Another aspect of manipulation in the preceding Iraqi General Election - 3 August 2005
In the report of SOITM entitled “Disregard of the Turkmen may distort the reality in the upcoming census” ...

·      The Documents which were presented by SOITM to the 23rd Session, Working Group on Indigenous People (16-22 July, 2005), United Nations / Geneva - 10 July 2005

•     The present situation of the Turkmen of Iraq
Turkmen were exposed to torture, imprisonment, displacement and deportation ...

•     The Turkmen of Iraq
The Turkmen represent the third most important ethnic group in Iraq after the Arabs and Kurds ...

·      Establishment of the Iraqi Turkmen Human Rights Organizations Assembly in Europe - 15 June 2005
Several Iraqi Turkmen Human Rights Organizations and Iraqi Turkmen intellectuals attended ...

·      The Documents which were presented by SOITM to the 11th Session, Working Group on Minorities (30 May - 3 June, 2005), United Nations - Geneva - 27 May 2005

•     The Iraqi Turkmen and their demands
According to the most reliable references, the Turkmen can trace their ethnic origin to Turkic tribes ...

•     The Turkmen of Iraq: Underestimated, Marginalized and exposed to assimilation
The term Turkmen, which first appeared in the 9th century, is used to describe the people of ...

•     Issues Concerning the Turkmen of Iraq
The Turkmen demand to be a part of the whole Iraq, not to be a part of any ...

·      Two major biased points in the US-supported Iraqi Election - 3 March 2005
It happened on two occasions, first in March 1991 and later in April 2003, when the Kurdish militias raided ...

·      SOITM Comment on the article entitled “The Kurdish Way” by Hicks, posted on November 6, 2004, in News Website This Is Rumor Control News and Analysis - 11 January 2005
This reality is well documented, see references below (1 - 25). The arrival of the Kurds ...

·      “US-made” Kerkuk City Council decides once again in favor of the Kurds - 28 December 2004
In a previous report from SOITM entitled “Violation of the Iraqi Turkmen Human Rights Continues” ...

·      Signs of Imminent Danger in Kerkuk City - 4 November 2004
Immediately after the occupation of Iraq by the US troops, the Kurds took control of Kerkuk and initiated their ...

·      Influx of Kurds into Turkmen Regions, Particularly Kerkuk City - 12 October 2004
The growth of nationalism in the absence of a democratic environment and lack of regional stability results ...

·      Attempts to change the demographic structure of Kirkuk city by the American supported Kurds - 17 September 2004
After the war and occupation of Iraq by the Anglo-American forces in April 2003, the Kurdish political ...

·      Western intellectuals fall collectively into error - 1 September 2004
It became a habit of Western intellectuals, writers and journalists towards the end of the Ottoman ...

·      Power Abuses by Kurdish Politicians in Iraq Continue to Marginalize the Turkmen and to Deny their Rights - 12 August 2004
High-ranking Kurdish officials appointed in the new Iraqi administration continue and intensify their efforts ...

·      Disregard of the Turkmen may Distort the Reality in the Upcoming Iraqi Census
- 30 July 2004
We often read and hear in the Western media that the Turkmen in Iraq are a small minority and only...

-     le dénigrement systématique des droits des Turkmènes, s’il continue faussera les résultats des prochains recensement et élections en Irak
Depuis un certain temps on entend et on lit souvent dans les médias occidentaux...

·      Unjust Approach to the Turkmen Case in Iraq - 22 May 2004
We often read and hear in the Western media that the Turkmen in Iraq are a small minority and only ...

-   التعامل الغير العادل مع القضية التركمانية - ۲۲ مايس ٢٠٠٤
     مما لاشك فيه أن العراقيين عموما يشكرون الأدارة الأمريكية في أزاحة الحكومة الدكتاتورية الصدّامية ...

·      Another Step to Marginalize the Turkmen - 5 September 2003
After the development of a ‘Safe Haven’ in the north of Iraq by the Coalition Forces, the relatively ...

·      Violation of the Iraqi Turkmen Human Rights Continues - 11 August 2003
The Turkmen of Iraq have faced huge challenges since the establishment of the Iraqi ...

·      The Summary of Violation of the human Rights of the Iraqi Turkmen and Attempts to assimilate them during the Dictatorial Baath Period - 13 December 2003
Social engineering projects have been designed by the Iraqi regime to modify the ethnic ...

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