TURKMENELI is indicated in blue on the mapIRAQI TURKMEN FRONT EUROPEAN REPRESENTATION AND THE COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE IRAQI TURKMEN RIGHTS IN BELGIUM ARE APPEALING TO THE EUROPEAN AUTHORITIES AND DECISION MAKERS TO CONDEMN THE MARGINALIZATION, THE DISCRIMINATION AND THE CONTINUED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OF THE TURKMENS IN IRAQ.
Despite the fact that the Turkmens constitute the second main ethnic group in the north of Iraq along with the Kurds and the third main community in Iraq along with the Arabs and Kurds, they continue to be institutionally marginalized and constitutionally discriminated in Iraq where they are considered as a ‘small minority’ rather than a main community which downgrades them to ‘second class citizens’ with fewer rights than the Arabs and the Kurds.
The Turkmen population in Iraq is estimated to be around 3 million, representing 12% of the Iraqi population, they live in the region called TURKMENELI which separates the Arab and Kurdish regions of Iraq, as indicated in blue on the map above.
The Turkmens being the only ethnic group in Iraq without any weapons or armed militia are left without any protection; they are extremely vulnerable in the actual violent situation prevailing in their country. Since the occupation of Iraq by the US-UK forces in March 2003 the situation of the Turkmens has dramatically deteriorated they are constantly targeted and have suffered a huge number of casualties in Telafer, in Tuz Hurmatu, in Tisin, in Tavik in Amirli and in Kerkuk.
As the Turkmens are unarmed and unprotected, they are vulnerable and are targeted every day in Iraq. They are therefore in urgent need of the help and protection from the international community, especially from the European Union and the United Nations, in order to obtain the recognition of their basic human rights and to preserve the existence of their community in Iraq.
Despite the fact that the Turkmens constitute the second main ethnic group in the north of Iraq along with the Kurds and the third main community in Iraq along with the Arabs and Kurds, they continue to be institutionally marginalized and constitutionally discriminated in Iraq where they are considered as a ‘small minority’ rather than a main community which downgrades them to ‘second class citizens’ with fewer rights than the Arabs and the Kurds.
The Turkmen population in Iraq is estimated to be around 3 million, representing 12% of the Iraqi population, they live in the region called TURKMENELI which separates the Arab and Kurdish regions of Iraq, as indicated in blue on the map above.
The Turkmens being the only ethnic group in Iraq without any weapons or armed militia are left without any protection; they are extremely vulnerable in the actual violent situation prevailing in their country. Since the occupation of Iraq by the US-UK forces in March 2003 the situation of the Turkmens has dramatically deteriorated they are constantly targeted and have suffered a huge number of casualties in Telafer, in Tuz Hurmatu, in Tisin, in Tavik in Amirli and in Kerkuk.
As the Turkmens are unarmed and unprotected, they are vulnerable and are targeted every day in Iraq. They are therefore in urgent need of the help and protection from the international community, especially from the European Union and the United Nations, in order to obtain the recognition of their basic human rights and to preserve the existence of their community in Iraq.
Dr. Hassan T. Walli Aydinli
e-mail: htwalli@skynet.be
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