Preface
The Turkish political mentality characterized by different specifications. Facts and realities based on personal interests, political ideologies and/or doctrinal teachings. The presence of general facts and realities, and how to define them is ignored by the Turkish political mentality. “What I know is true there are no other trues. Accordingly, what others says, must be proved wrong” can be considered as a basic characteristic of the Turkish political mentality.
Despite the fact that principles of humanity recently began to play an important role in countries foreign and internal policies to avoid violation of justice and human rights, the Turkish political mind is still far off. The idea is that if the measures taken are related to national interests, then all means are justified. This can be clearly seen in Turkey’s Turkmen policy.
Different factors, of which many are widely described in SOITM’s articles, have forced the Turkmen of Iraq to unwillingly accept Turkish hegemony on the Turkmen political system and to keep silent for decades in front of Turkey’s destructive Turkmen policy. Believing that the justice should emerge, notwithstanding serious difficulties, SOITM foundation started in 2008 its series of articles to uncover the basis of Turkey’s Turkmen policy.
The uninterrupted Turkmen political activities started with foundation of the Iraqi National Turkmen Party in late 1990 and early 1991. Today, the Iraqi Turkmen political community can be categorized into 3 groups: 1. Conservative nationalists. 2. Religious Shia. 3. Those who cooperate with the Kurds.
The exposure to assimilation policies before and after 1991 and the Turkish mistreatment of the Turkmen political system has brought to a poorly developed, unprofessional and fragmented Turkmen political and civil society system.
This has led to marginalization and self-seclusion of the majority of Turkmen intellectuals, who accept the situation as fait accompli. Turkmen political arena has become fertile ground for opportunists and obstructive for the professionals. Throughout the years, pro-establishment Turkmen writers, activists, politicians and political and civil society organizations have chiefly emerged, created by both Turkey and the Kurdish authorities.
SOITM Foundation 1 April 2015
Capters of the Book
I
The unconstructive role of the Iraqi Turkmen Front within the Turkmen Policy*
26.2.2011
II
The Turkmen of Iraq are victims of subordination and deteriorated national politics
8.5.2013
III
Turkey opens another rift in the fragile Turkmen political system
30.5.2013
IV
Turkey’s Turkmen policy lacks the most basic elements of ethics
13.7.2013
V
An approach of the Iraqi Turkmen Human Rights Research Foundation
25.10.2013
VI
Turkey broke the backbone of the Iraqi Turkmen by depriving them of monthly incomes estimated to be millions of dollars
21.11.2013
VII
Turkey@s Turkmen policy based on Machiavelli standard justifies all the means
21.11.2013
VIII
Threw them hand-tied in the sea and said: Beware! Never get wet with water
19.4.2014
IX
Why should the Turkmen foremost change their policy towards Turkey?
26.5.2014
X
The Role of Turkey in the failure of the Turkmen in the Iraqi elections
15.11.2014
XI
A brief history of the council of the Iraqi Turkmen
24.11.2014
XII
SOITM Roadmap to Deal with Turkey's Hegemony over the Iraqi Turkmen
31.12.2014
XIII
In the collapsed Turkmen political arena, Arshad al-Salihi (Mohtaroglu) where to march?
21.06.2015
XIV
Turkish Turkmen policy is a history of continuous humiliation
12.09.2015
XV
Fifth Turkmen Congress was a drama of revenge written and produced by Ankara acted in by some Turkmen individuals
19.09.2015
XVI
The destructive history which Erdogan’s governments write for the Iraqi Turkmen
28.09.2015
* = rewritten on 27 February 2009, second renewal 10 July 2013
Map of Northern Iraq
Ethnic distribution of non-ruling communities (Minorities)
A Map presented by SOITM during a lecture given to the Dutch University students who studied democratization in the Kurdish region of Iraq, in the department of political Science, the University of Amsterdam at 11. 01. 2010
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