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One of the Turkmen City Town Altun Kopru Altunköprü the ancient name of Türkmen Township By Mofak Salman Kerkuklu Figure (1) scenery Altunköprü Altunköprü is a small Türkmen [1] sub district located 40km north of Kerkuk and the city lies to the north-west of Kerkuk. It is a 50km away from Erbil. [2] Altunköprü means 'Golden Bridge' in the Turkish language. The history of the city of Altunköprü dates back to 228Bc. The indigenous inhabitants of Altunköprü are Türkmens, but in the mid of fifties and also in the recent years a large number of Kurds and Arabs migrated to this town seeking work as economical migrants especially after the Kurdish rebels in 1975 were quelled by the Iraqi Ba’ath regime. Altunköprü is a Türkmen authentic and it is one of the many Türkmen ancient sub district. [3] [4] Altunköprü is approximately located between Erbil and Kerkuk. It is situated on the bank of Azab Alsfel (Little Zab) River. 1 The Iraqi Türkmen live in an area that they call “Türkmenia” in Latin or “Türkmeneli” which means, “Land of the Türkmen”. It was referred to as “Turcomania” by the British geographer William Guthrie in 1785. The Türkmen are Turkic groups that have a unique heritage and culture as well as linguistic, historical and cultural links with the surrounding Turkic groups such as those in Turkey and Azerbaijan. Their spoken language is closer to Azeri but their official written language is like the Turkish spoken in present-day Turkey. Their real population has always being suppressed by the authorities in Iraq for political reasons and estimated at 2%, whereas in reality their numbers are more realistically between 2.5 to 3 million, i .e. 12% of the Iraqi population. 2 Turkmenelinden Notlar, Year 1 Issue 2 June 1999, Altunköprü Katliami Page. 2. 3 The Turkmen and Kerkuk, by Yucel Guclu, ISBN 978-1-4257-1853-4, Page 26. 4 The Turkmen and Kerkuk, by Yucel Guclu, ISBN 978-1-4257-1853-4, Page 58 1 The Little Zab River, the Little Zab (al-Zāb al-Asfal) Arabic:, (Kucik Zab) Turkmen, (Zēʾ i Koya), Syriac: divides the city into three main sections. • Buyuk Yakha ( salahiya Neighbourhood) • Orta Yakha • Kucik Köprü Mahaelis and Kucik Yakha Figure (2) Satellite map showing the location of Altunköprü in northern of Iraq The important of Altunköprü as a geographical link and interception point between Erbil and Kerkuk, Baghdad and Mosul provinces. According to the historian the sub district was named Altunköprü due to a verity of interpretation including:- • At the start of the construction the brigade of Altunköprü in the sub district a gold ring was suspended on the bridge which has a long length 116m. A silver ring was suspended on the shorter bridge which was 54meters long. • The other historian states that the name of Altunköprü is derived from that the people of the city of Altunköprü have collected pieces of gold from the inhabitants of the sub district prior to building of this bridge. • Some historian states that because of the fertility of the territories and, agricultural land and its wide range of its agricultural products which was the equivalent value of the gold. • It is likely the name of Altunköprü derived from the Sultan Murat IV. As he passes from Altunköprü during his visit to Baghdad in 1683 had he ordered the establishment of the two bridges to carry commercial and military equipment and the historian also reveals that Sultan Murat IV had donated two pieces of gold that hung above each bridge. 2 • The name of Altunköprü is derived from two Turkish words, Altunköprü and Altunköprü meaning bridge in the Turkish language. Köprü means a bridge, thus the name of Altunköprü stands for golden bridge in the Türkmen language. [5] Figure (3) Altunköprü Bridge, photo by Ali Kassap Figure (4) Altunköprü Bridge, photo by Ali Kassap 5 Felah Yazeroglu, Bizturkmeniz Website, 2011, Min Diyar Al_Turkmen, Madinet Turkmaniya Thata Jemal Ve Tabiaa Khalaba, http://www.bizturkmeniz.com/ar/showArticle.asp?id=20461 3 The Türkmen clans and families that are inhibited in Altunköprü are considered as indigenous people of the city. The root of the people is derived from Turkish Oguz clans who originally migrated from central Asia and settled at various parts of Iraq and this settlement was after the Someriyoon settlement in Iraq. Figure (5) Sunrise over the Little Zab River photo by panoramio.com POPULATION The population of the city according to the census that was carried out in 1957 was 312 with a Türkmen majority. But prior to the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime the populations of the city were 11.560.00 Figure (6) Turkmen is wearing Kilaw and Jamada is hanged on his shoulder 4 The Turkmen men in Altunköprü wear traditional clothes called Zubun Jaket that consist of a jacket and long dress often made of the same material and colour. They also wear a scarf which is known among the public as Jamada and on the head, a hat which is known by the Turkmen as Kilaw and is often made of wool or cotton as shown in figure (6). The people also wear special shoes known as Kilash which consist of leather soul and knitted top using wool or cotton. Figure (7) Turkmen from Altunköprü with traditional dress Jamada and Zubun Jaket Figure (8) Turkmen from Altunköprü with traditional dress Jamada and Zubun Jaket The houses in Altunköprü are often made of mud and mixed with hay. The logs from trees are used for selling. However, the overwhelming majority of the houses in Altunköprü are made of from bricks with a flat roof using concrete or mud mixed 5 with hay. During the hot summer time the people of the sub district sleep on the roof of the houses to avoid the extreme summer heat. Figure (9) houses along the Zap River LANGUAGE OF THE TURKMEN ALTUNKOPRU The language that is currently used in the city consists of Turkmen, Kurdish and Arabic. However the Turkmen language is the most dominant language in the sub district. Still the overwhelming majority of Altunköprü is Türkmens. The most common and out spoken language in Turkmeneli [6] is Turkish dialect. This is part of the Western Turkish language group that also includes the Turkish spoken in Turkey, Cyprus, the Balkans, Iranian Azerbaijan (South) and Republic of Azerbaijan (North), Northern Syria, Turkmenistan and Southern Turkistan and the Türkmen of Afghanistan. The Turkmen language, with various accents, is closer to the Turkish spoken language in both Azerbaijan (Republic of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan of Iran) and Urfa in Southeastern Turkey rather than the Turkmen language in the Republic of Turkmenistan (central Asia). The Iraqi Turkmen language is drawn from two major sources. The first and foremost is the spoken language and local dialect spoken in Altunköprü, Tuz Khormatu, Telafer Erbil, Kerkuk and other main Turkish areas. 6 Türkmeneli is a diagonal strip of land stretching from the Syrian and Turkish border areas from around Telafer in the north of Iraq, reaching down to the town of Mandeli on the Iranian border in Central Iraq. The Türkmen of Iraq settled in Türkmeneli in three successive and constant migrations from Central Asia, which increased their numbers and enabled them to establish six states in Iraq. 6 In general, these belong to Azeri Turkish. Although local Turkish dialects show degrees of similarities, differences are found in local dialects spoken in different cities, towns, villages and, even, neighbourhoods. This can be attributed to the fact that different Turkish clans settling in Iraq from the 11th Century and onwards have slightly different dialects. Spoken language is the foundation of Iraqi Turkmen culture, folk literature, group identity, ethnic consciousness and world outlook. The spoken mother tongue is naturally passed on to new generations and this, naturally, creates a strong bond uniting the Turkish-speaking people of Iraq. The majority of inhabitants in Turkmeneli and especially in Altunköprü speak Turkmen language and , a dialect of Turkish is used nearly universally throughout the city.[7][8] Even people and tribes who claim to be of an Arabic origin due to the Arabization policies implemented by the Iraqi state from 1970s onwards forcing the Turkmen population to speak Arabic. Since the Arabization policy that was introduced by the Saddam Hussein to Arabize the Turkmen populated area and dilute the Turkmen into the Arabic society, consequently Arabic language was forced on the Turkmen as an official language in Iraq. The Turkmen in Turkmeneli were prevented from utilization their own language as a mean of education. A Turkmen dialect is nearly used throughout the Turkmeneli but unfortunately, compulsory education in Arabic has led to the weakening and deterioration of the spoken Turkmen language from generation to generation. In fact, the older generation with no formal education speaks relatively purer and more correct Turkmen than the young generation those who were educated during the Saddam Hussein regime. The formal written Turkish is the second major source of the Turkish language in Iraq. Local dialects have not found their place in written literature. Turkmen have adopted formal Anatolian Turkish for written language. Up until the 16th Century, the literary works of Turkmen were in an Azeri dialect and this can, perhaps, be named old Anatolian Turkish; but from the second half of that century and onwards, the written literature of the Turkmen has came under the influence of the rising Ottoman language, a western Turkish dialect. After the separation of the Turkmen lands from the mainland, Turkey as a result of the defeat of the Ottoman Empire by the British forces in the First World War. The Turkmen have continued with their preference for Anatolian Turkish by using Arabic characters in their education and literature.
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