The Plight of Iraqi Turkoman Mofak Salman Kerkuklu Turkmeneli Research and Idea Center 2 Turkmeneli Research and Idea Center Publications Nu: 2 YAYINCILIK İSTANBUL Tel : Fax: Website E-Mail Publisher Sertificate Number: First Edition: 2015 © All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, magnetic, recording or otherwise, without either the prior written permission of the writer. ISBN: 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11 1.1 Turkmen at the Monarchy era -------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 1.2 The Abdul Karim Qasim period (1958–1963) ------------------------------------------------- 14 1.3 The social era of General Abdul-Salam Arif (1963–1967) ---------------------------------- 15 1.4 The Ba’ath Period (1968–2003) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 15 1.5 The provisional constitution of 1970 -------------------------------------------------------------- 18 1.6 The National Congress of the Ba'ath Party in 1971 ------------------------------------------ 19 1.7 The Iraq and Iran War 1980–1988 (The First Gulf War) ----------------------------------- 24 1.8 The uprising of 1991 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 1.9 Occupation era 2003 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 1.10 The New Iraqi Constitution------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 2.2 Establishing puppet parties ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 46 2.3 Using false identities ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 46 2.4 Looting of deeds and the land registry office --------------------------------------------------- 48 2.5 The assassination of the general director for education -------------------------------------- 51 2.6 Kurdish regional government issuing fake documents --------------------------------------- 53 2.7 Human rights watch --------------------------------------------------------------------- 56 2.8 Vandalizing turkmen martyrs’ names ----------------------------------------------- 57 2.9 Power abuse by Kurdish Assayish ---------------------------------------------------------------- 59 2.10 The attack on al_tasahul supermarket----------------------------------------------- 64 2.11 Police Headquarters (Quriya), Central Kirkuk ----------------------------------------------- 65 2.12 The attack on a Turkoman governing council member ------------------------------------- 67 2.13 The Turkoman school books confiscated ------------------------------------------------------- 69 2.14 Demolishing of a Turkoman house by Kurdish militia --------------------------------------- 70 2.15 The Attack on the turkoman village of Yengejeh --------------------------------- 71 2.16 Barzani bribes a former Minister of Justice, Hashim al_ Shebli --------------------------- 71 2.17 Property claims commission controlled by the Kurds ---------------------------- 72 2.18 MRG report on the 26 February 2007 ----------------------------------------------------------- 84 2.19 Kurdish terrorization -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 86 4 2.20 Kidnapping of the Arabs and Turkmen by the Kurdish Militia --------------------------- 87 2.21 American Forces and Iraqi Police Demolish TurkomanVillages -------------------------- 88 2.22 Abuses and Atrocities Committed by the Kurdish Rebels ----------------------------------- 90 2.23 Provocation of Turkoman Citizens --------------------------------------------------------------- 91 2.24 Transfer of the Kurds to Kirkuk ------------------------------------------------------------------ 92 2.25 The Attack on Shifa Hospital ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 92 2.26 The Assassination of Brigadier Sabah Bahlul Kara Altun ---------------------------------- 93 2.27 Kurds Harassed Turkish Peacekeeping Force ------------------------------------------------- 93 2.28 Kirkuk and Kurdish Election Fraud ------------------------------------------------------------- 94 2.29 The Abduction of Turkoman Journalist Qasim Sari Kahya ------------------------------ 100 2.30 Kurdish Threatening Letter ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 101 2.31 The Arrest of the Kirkuk Governing Council Member ------------------------------------ 103 2.32 Jalal Talabani’s visit to Kirkuk ----------------------------------------------------------------- 103 2.33 Iraqi Demonstration against the Kurdish Ambassador in Sweden --------------------- 104 2.34 Kurds Squatting on Turkoman Land in Tuz Khormatu----------------------------------- 105 2.37 The Kurdish Parties Harbouring PKK Terrorist Organizations ------------------------ 110 2.39 Abduction Turkoman News Reader by Kurdish police ------------------------------------ 114 2.40 Attacks on the Sayid Kizi cemetery in Musalla neighborhood in Kirkuk -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 115 2.41 Kurdish provocation the Turkmen in Kirkuk ----------------------------------------------- 121 2.42 Signature collection by force and family sensing -------------------------------------------- 122 2.43 The attack on the Turkoman graveyard ------------------------------------------------------- 124 2.44 The abduction of Salih Abdulsamad Ibrahim in Taze Khormatu ------------------------ 125 2.45 Armed attack on the house of the vice-president of the federation of students -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 128 2.46 Turkoman citizens attacked by the Kurdish police force ---------------------------------- 129 2.47 Municipality of Kirkuk; repeal of the Turkoman language the transit boards --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 133 2.48 Turkmen exposed to human rights violations ------------------------------------------------ 135 2.49 The Kurdish terror showed its ugly face once again ---------------------------------------- 139 2.51 Kidnapping of the Turkmen by the Kurdish police ----------------------------------------- 141 2.52 A bomb targeted Khorma Khani in Kirkuk on 15 November 2009 -------------------- 142 5 2.53 Car bomb at the Salahaddin road in Kirkuk ------------------------------------------------- 143 2.54 Car bomb at the Atlas road in Kirkuk -------------------------------------------------------- 146 2.55 The assignation of Mr. Shahin Mohammed Mahmud --------------------------------------- 148 2.56 The assassination of ITF representative in Mosul ------------------------------------------- 149 2.57 The assassination of Hazim Akber Yelan Gozbeyrakdar in Tuz Khormatu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 153 2.58 Türkmeneli TV Station targeted in Kirkuk -------------------------------------------------- 155 2.59 The death of a district council of Telafer ------------------------------------------------------ 157 2.60 The assassination Turkoman policeman Mr. Mustafa Mohammed Allahwerdi ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 157 2.61 Forcing the Turkmen to sign a petition letter ------------------------------------------------ 157 2.62 Provocation and attack on the Türkmeneli TV personal ---------------------------------- 158 2.63 The assassination of the ITF guard in Al_qadisiya neighborhood ----------------------- 158 2.64 Turkmen boycott the electoral commission for elections seminar ----------------------- 159 2.65 Kurdish forces attacked the house of the candidate of the Iraqi National Coalition ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 160 2.66 Kurdish attack on Turkoman student at Turkmen Martyr Day ------------------------- 163 2.67 Assassination of Turkoman neurosurgeon Dr. Yildrim Abbas Demirci --------------- 169 2.67 Assassination of Turkoman Maj. Gen. Adnan Abdul Razzaq al-in Kirkuk 172 2.68 Ethnic cleansing of the Turkmen ---------------------------------------------------------------- 173 2.69 Slaughtering of two Turkoman teachers in Kirkuk ---------------------------------------- 178 2.70 Targeting the Turkmen at the Husseiniya of Syid al-Shuhad----------------------------- 180 2.72 Suicide bombers attack Iraqi-Turkoman rally in Tuz Khormatu ------------------------- 189 2.73 The assassination of the Munir Alqafili, the head of the Kirkuk city council İndex 192 References 193 About the Author 6 7 8 Purpose and scope This book was written with four main purposes in mind: firstly, to make an assessment of the current position of Turkmen in Kirkuk; secondly, to highlight the oppression of Turkmen after the toppling of Saddam Hussein’s regime; thirdly, to introduce a brief history of the Turkmen in Iraq to the world; and finally, to draw the world’s attention to the situation and oppression of Turkmen in Iraq. I would like to dedicate this book to every Turkoman who has been detained in Iraqi prisons; to Turkmen who died under torture in Iraqi prisons; to all Turkmen whose sons and daughters were executed by the Iraqi regime; to all Turkmen who fought