Archive for the ‘Tal Afar’ Category
Turkish FM meets Iraq’s Turkmen leaders
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Saturday met with leaders of Iraq’s Turkmen population from Tal Afar who launched a peace initiative to end a long-standing feud between the city’s Shiite and Sunni Turkmen groups.
“The entire Iraq is precious to us. The fate of the Iraqis is the fate of Turkey. We will not let any Iraqi citizen down. The people of Tal Afar should live without knowing who is Shiite and who is Sunni,” Davutoglu said.
The Turkish foreign minister said Turkey would use all resources to open a university in Tal Afar, adding that Turkey’s development agency would also exert efforts to construct new houses for those Turkmen returning to Tal Afar. Read the rest of this entry »
Turkish and Iraqi Turkmen teams to compete in July
Iraqi Turkmen teams will compete against Turkish teams in seven Turkish provinces on July 3 and 4.
According to a protocol signed by Turkey and Iraq on August 5, 2009, six sports clubs from Kirkuk, Mosul, Telafer and Selahaddin will compete against Turkish teams in Hatay, Adiyaman, Gaziantep, Mardin, Kilis, Kahramanmaras and Sanliurfa.
Selahaddin Aksu Sports Club, Kirkuk Kale Sports Club, Telafer Sports Club, Kirkuk Musalla Sports Club, Kirkuk Turkmen Sports Club and Kirkuk Turkmenistan Sports Club will participate in games in Turkey. Read the rest of this entry »
Turkmens, Turkmeneli and the Musul Region
By Orhan Ketene
Northern Iraq or the Musul Region is home of the Iraqi Turkmens for over a millennium. The economic and strategic importance of this land, had made it one of the most sensitive parts of the Middle East in general and of Iraq in particular. Read the rest of this entry »