·      SOITM report to the public hearing on Human rights situation of Turkmen in Iraq, the Subcommittee on Human Rights, European parliament - 4 December 2011
Confiscation of land was one of the major features of the assimilation policies of the Ba’ath regime...

-       Avrupa Parlamentosu, Insan Haklari Alt Komitesinin, Irak Türkmenleri Insan haklari durumu konferansina sunulan SOITM raporu
Araziye el koyma, Baas rejiminin asimilasyon politikasinin önemli özelliklerinden birisidir. Kerkük ...

·      Who Owns Kerkuk? Examination of the Basic Dimensions - 11 September 2013
The purpose of the Iraqi Turkmen Human Rights Research Foundation was to begin a discussion...

-   من الذي يملك كركوك؟ دراسة الأبعاد الأساسية - ١٣ أيلول ٢٠١١
    جاء الرد على مقالة سويتم من السيد غولام ، وهو كاتب كردي، في مقالة بعنوان "يهاجمون الضحايا بنى السيد غلام ...

·      Assassination of Turkmen Nerosurgeon: Iraqi Turkmen are, in fact, exposed to genocide
- 15 September 2011
Being a non-ruling community (minority) is considered to be one of the major reasons of exposure...

-       Türkmen Beyin Cerrahi Ōldürüldü: Irak Türkmenlerine Karsi Soykirim Yapilmaktadir
Iktidar haricinde topluluk (Azinlik) olmak, insan haklari ihlallerine ugramanin önemli...

-   اغتيال طبيب تركماني أخصائي لجراحة الجملة العصبية: التركمان في العراق يتعرضون الى ابادة جماعية - ١٣ أيلول ٢٠١١
     أن تكون جزء غير حاكما (الأقلية) في مجتمع، يعتبر احد الأسباب الرئيسية للتعرض لانتهاكات حقوق الإنسان، ...

·      UNAMI Reports Turn a Blind Eye to Iraqi Turkmen - 13 August 2011
Believing in the rules of democracy and considering it the only way to establish social justice, the ...

- UNAMI Irak Türkmenlerine karsi yapilan insan haklari Ihlallerine göz yummaktadir
Demokrasinin kurallarina güvenen ve sosyal adaleti tesis etmenin tek yolu olduguna inanan Irak ...

-   تقارير بعثة الامم المتحدة في العراق تغض النظر عن الانتهاكات بحق تركمان العراق - ١٣ آب ٢٠١١
     ايمانا بمنطلق القواعد الديمقراطية باعتبارها السبيل الوحيد لتحقيق العدالة الاجتماعية فان تركمان العراق رفضوا ...

·      Questioning the legitimacy and validity of a census in the today’s Iraq, particularly in the north - 27 July 2010
Census data has become completely integrated into the decision making process by all sectors...

·      Recommendations to Change the Process for Obtaining a Schengen Visa by Iraqi Politicians - 13 August 2011
In the second half of the 2008, the Iraqi Turkmen Human Rights Research Foundation ...

-   هل تملك السلطات البلجيكية الحق في منع فعالية في البرلمان الأوروبي؟ - ١ تموز ٢٠١ ٢٠١١
     في النصف الثاني من العام ۲ ٠٠٨، بدأت مؤسسة بحث حقوق الإنسان لتركمان العراق (سويتم) وبمشاركة منظمة ...

The conferences will be not organized at the mentioned dates, because the visas of the Iraqi policy makers participating in the conferences were not issued by the Belgian authorities

·      Conferences are organized in the European parliament and in the Hague
I - Reconciliation in Iraq: Finding Solutions to the Disputes in the North - 10 JUNE 2010

•     Flyer of the conference
Struan Stevenson MEP - Chairman of the Delegation for Relations with Iraq ...

•     Program of the conference
Organization (UNPO), in partnership with the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists ...

•     Commemorates Bashar Hamid MP
One week has passed since Mr. Bashar Hamid was laid to rest after being fatally shot outside ...

•     Concept note of the conference
Conflicting political interests, inexperience and instabilities which influenced the writing of the ...

•     For Immidiate Release
The north of Iraq continues to face major problems that reflect the country’s troubled history ...

Save the date

•     Reconciliation in Iraq Finding Solutions to the Disputes in the North
The various communities of Northern Iraq have differing views for the future of the ...

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

•     Irak’ta Uzlasma Kuzeydeki anlasmazliklara çözüm arayisi
Kuzey Irak'in çesitli topluluklari bölgenin gelecegi için farkli görüslere sahiptir. 2010 Irak ...

II - Conferences in the Hague

•     Reconciliation in Iraq Finding Solutions towards Peace and Democracy
Three major aspects of reconciliation will be at the heart of the two Conferences: Minority issues ...

·      Letter to Mr. Ad Melkert, the UN special envoy for Iraq, about the report of UNAMI covering violations of human rights during the first six months of 2009 - 22 December 2009
The Human Rights Office of the UNAMI recently issued a report covering violations of human rights ...

·      Report submitted in accordance with paragraph 15 (c) of the annex to Human Rights council resolusion 5/1 - 10 February 2010
SOITM provides information under sections B, C, and D outlined in the Information and Guidelines...

·      Lecture on “Human Rights Situation in the North of Iraq in the Areas where the Kurdish Authority Exist” given to Dutch University students, who study democratization in Kurdish region, in the department of political Science, the University of Amsterdam - 11 January 2010
-    headings
-    Contents
-    Definitions
-    Map of concerned region
-    Iraqi communities in the region

·      SOITM Maps of the north of Iraq - 11 January 2010
-    Map of north of Iraq
-    Boundaries of Provinces
-    Ethnic Distribution
-    Three Vertical Zones
-    Boundaries of Kurdish Expansion
-     Boundaries of Kurdish Region According to the Kurdish Regional Government

·      Iraqi general elections in the north: Perfunctory observation legalizes the fraudulent election and harms the non-Kurdish communities - 14 December 2009
The interest-dependent and security-first policy of the involved powers in the Iraqi issues over the

·      The Kurdish draft constitution is a negative message for the stability of Iraq (Conflicting Items and Articles of the regional Kurdish draft constitution with the Iraqi Federal constitution) - 30 September 2009
It is clear that Iraqi state from the time of its creation following after World War I has not protected

·      The principles of justice in attitudes of the occupation authorities - 16 September 2009
Mr. Raymond Odierno, the current commanding general of the Multi-National Force in Iraq, was ...

·      SOITM submits report to the United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review of Iraq - 15 September 2009
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) was created by the UN General Assembly on 15 March 2006 to ...

·      Accuracy of the Associated Press Questioned Over Reporting of Police Deaths - 12 September 2009
On 8 September 2009, the Associated Press has reported news about the targeting of a police team ...

·      The most difficult time for the non-Kurdish components in the north of Iraq: Is it the disputed areas or seized areas? - 25 August 2009
Iraqis have lived for years with the suffering of decades of dictatorship, war, economic embargo, and

-     Irak’in kuzeyindeki Kürt olmayan unsurlar için en zor zaman: Tartismali bölgeler mi, yoksa el konulan bölgeler mi?
Ne yazik ki, Iraklilar onyillarca süren diktat?rlügün, savasin, ekonomik ambargonun ve son olarak ...

-     De allermoeilijkste periode voor de niet-Koerdische componenten in het Noorden van Irak: Omstreden gebieden of in beslag genomen gebieden?
Helaas lijden Irakezen al jaren onder dictatorschap, oorlog, economische embargo en recent ...

-     Den svċraste tiden för de icke-kurdiska komponenter i norra Irak: Är det de omtvistade eller beslagtagna omrċdena?
Tyv?rr har irakierna levt i ?rtionden av lidande i diktatur, krig, ekonomisk embargo och nu senast den ...

-   : الزمن الأصعب للمكونات الغير الكردية في الشمال العراقي هل هي (المناطق المتنازع عليها) أم أنها (المناطق المتجاوز عليها)؟ - ٢١ حزيران ٢٠٠٩
     في النصف الثاني من العام ۲ ٠٠٨، بدأت مؤسسة بحث حقوق الإنسان لتركمان العراق (سويتم) وبمشاركة منظمة الأمم ...

·      Statements submitted by SOITM to the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: - 4 August 2009

•     Urgent need to address Human Rights Abuses of Indigenous populations in Northern Iraq
Iraq is currently facing a challenging chapter in its history. Establishing and enforcing ...

•     Obstacles preventing the use of mother tongue in Iraqi Turkmen education
Iraq is well-known for its multiethnic multi-religious population; Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen, ...

·      Discrepancies in the Kurdish constitution disregard feelings of the Iraqis - 13 July 2009
Since the occupation of Iraq in 2003, Iraqis have been engaged in confronting numerous ...

·      The Hague statement on the constitution of Kurdish Region: It doesn’t augur well for the national and regional stability - 10 July 2009
Unrealistic objectives and aggressive nature of the Kurdish revolts brought decades of instability to ...

·      An aspect of the misfortune to which Kerkuk region is exposed: Satellite Maps of 2002 is compared with maps of 2007 - 05 May 2009
In the early morning of Thursday 15 April 2009, the inhabitants of the oldest Kerkuk neighborhood ...

·      Statement on Provincial Elections in Kurdish-administered region: reliability and concerns - 1 May 2009
It is not known why the provincial elections in the Kurdish-administered region were not organized with the ...

·      Statement on attack on local Turkmeneli TV staffs: An outcome of unilateral domination in Kerkuk region - 13 April 2009
At 12 April 2009, the reporter (Mr. Umit Abdulla) and cameraman (Abbas Mohammed Hasan) of the local ...

·      Statement on KRG expansion plans - 4 April 2009
Recent media reports about the political situation in northern Iraq expose an escalating conflict between ...

·      To the participants in seeking a solution to the Kerkuk problem: The historical anatomy of Kerkuk region - 29 November 2008
Considering that the historical nature of Kerkuk region is one of the important factors which influence the ...

·      Evaluation of the Turkmen policy of Turkey: (Part I) The unconstructive role of the Iraqi Turkmen Front in the Turkmen Policy
- 27 February 2009
There are several important factors that have negatively influenced the development of ...

-     Türkiye’nin Türkmen siyaseti: (Bölüm I) Türkmen siyasetinde Irak Türkmen Cephesinin olumsuz rolü
Türkmen siyaset yapisini olumsuz olarak etkileyen önemli faktörler bulunmaktadir, örnegin...

-   تقييم سياسة تركيا حول تركمان العراق (القسم الأول): دور الجبهة التركمانية العراقية غير البناءة في السياسة التركمانية - ٢٢ شباط ٢٠٠٨
      هناك العديد من العوامل الهامة التي تؤثر سلبا على تطور السياسية التركمانية، على سبيل المثال ...

·      Provincial elections in the north of Iraq: The Kurdish parties and the non-governing Iraqi communities (Minorities) - 18 February 2009
An evaluation of the preliminary results of the Iraqi provincial elections of 31 January 2009...

·      History of a City: Mosul after occupation - 19 January 2009
The forefront of the Kurdish militias, the Peshmergas, backed by the US troops, reached the outskirts ...

-   قصة مدينة: موصل بعد الاحتلال - ١٩ كانون الثاني ٢٠٠٩
     بدا الاحتلال في عام ٢٠٠ بوصول طلائع ميليشيات البيشمركة الكردية إلى مشارف مدينة ...

·      ‘Oil for Soil’ ICG Report: A misinterpretation, a misperception or imposition of the fait accompli? - 25 November 2008
There is no doubt but that there are significant differences in the values of different communities and

-   هل هو سوء تفسير أم سوء فهم أم فرض الأمر الواقع؟ - ٢٥ تشرين الثاني ٢٠٠٨
     مما لا شك فيه إن هناك اختلافات كبيرة في القيم عند المجتمعات والثقافات وهناك ...

·      Two Cases of Turkmen Prisoners
-    A Case of Turkmen Prisoner in Kurdish Prison - 12 October 2007
-    A Case of Turkmen Prisoner in US Prison - 13 September 2007

·      Kurdish authorities and Iraqi Indigenous populations: the suppression of Iraqi Yazidis - 27 October 2008
In two recent reports, SOITM have outlined Kurdish attempts to undermine the positions of two other...

·      Kurdish authorities and Iraqi Indigenous populations: the suppression of Iraqi Yazidis - 23 June 2008
-     Sheth Jerjis, Chairman of SOITM
-     Marino Busdachin, UNPO General Secretary
-     Ana Maria Gomes, MEP, Parliament’s Rapporteur on Iraq
-     Muzaffer Arslan, Advisor on Turkmen Affairs to the President of Iraq
-     Mohammed Mahdi Ameen, Member of the Iraqi Parliament
-     Yako Michael Jajjo, Foundation Assyria (English)
-     Yako Michael Jajjo, Foundation Assyria (Arabic)
-     Mohammed Kh. Nasef, Member of Kerkuk City Council and Article 140 Committee
-     Tahsin Mohammed Ali Wali, Member of Kerkuk City Council and Article 140 Committee (1st speech, English)
-     Tahsin Mohammed Ali Wali, Member of Kerkuk City Council and Article 140 Committee (1st speech, Arabic)
-     Tahsin Mohammed Ali Wali, Member of Kerkuk City Council and Article 140 Committee (2nd speech, Arabic)
-     Rakan S. Ali, Member of Kerkuk City Council (English)
-     Rakan S. Ali, Member of Kerkuk City Council (Arabic)
-     Ali M. Sadeq, Member of Kerkuk City Council (1st speech, English)
-     Ali M. Sadeq, Member of Kerkuk City Council (1st speech, Arabic)
-     Ali M. Sadeq, Member of Kerkuk City Council (2nd speech, Arabic)

·      The Turkmen of Erbil: captives in their city - 08 October 2008
William R. Hay, an English political officer, ruled the Erbil region from 1918 to 1920. He commented ...

·      The Report of the Kerkuk Conference in the European Parliament - 23 June 2008

·      The attempts of Kurdish authorities to subdue the Iraqi non-ruling communities (minorities) continue - 29 July 2008
An examiner of recent history of the north of Iraq will easily learn that in two historically short stages ...

·      The Kurds rule their region independently, disproportionally share in the administration of the Iraq and control the Iraqi legislative mechanism in two levels - 26 July 2008
It is a huge mission to introduce the democratic system into a society which has never dealt with ...

·      To the international community: The Iraqi people are in severe need of your help - 13 July 2008
The Shabaks (Shah Begs), of northern Iraq, are a minority group with their own religion and language...

·      The attitude of the military forces in Iraq should be further improved - 07 July 2008
One would expect military forces in Iraq to learn from the numerous massive disasters that have ...