Turkmen regions in Iraq now under the control of ISIS and peshmerga

The brave Turkmens of Telafer have resisted until dawn this morning, unfortunately this Turkmen city is now under control of ISIL. There is deep concern over the fate of the inhabitants of this city, especially the shiite Turkmens. 

All the other Turkmen regions in Mosul, Kirkuk, Diyala and Salahiddin are now under the control of the peshmerga.

Iraqi Turkmen leader’s call to arms

12 July 2009, Sunday

A leader of the Iraqi Turkmens has made an appeal to the Iraqi authorities to let members of his community take up arms to protect themselves against "genocide."

Sawash Auji, who oversees human rights violations in Turkmen-dominated areas in Iraq, made the call following an upsurge in attacks against Turkmens, particularly in the northern parts of the country.

In one such attack in the predominantly Turkmen town of Telafer, to the west of the city of Mosul, 34 people were killed and scores injured. "It is of vital importance that Turkmens are permitted to take up arms and form a force to guard their areas against genocide," Auji said.

Most Iraqi Turkmens live in the disputed oil-rich city of Kerkuk and towns administratively linked to it. But sizeable communities are found in the Province of Nineveh of which Mosul is the capital. Iraqi militias known locally as peshmerga keep Turkmens under surveillance and reject their attempts to take up arms.

Auji said the struggle between Iraqi factions over control of areas which are predominantly inhabited by Turkmens "is the real reason for the latest attacks on Telafer."

Kerkuk.net

CARNAGE A TELAFER, VILLE TURKMENE DANS LE NORD DE L'IRAK

A local police official says at least seven of the dead were children.

Terrorist Attack in the Turkmen city of Telafer in northern Iraq.

Attentat terroriste à Telafer, ville turkmène dans le nord de l'Irak.

Twenty Turkmens killed and one hundred Turkmens injured.

Vingt Turkmènes tués et une centaine de blessés, au moins sept enfants parmi les victimes.

Articles in Arabic:

http://www.tanis-turkmen.nl/index.php?sub=news&oi=8547&lang=ar&page=1

http://www.tanis-turkmen.nl/index.php?sub=news&oi=8544&lang=ar&page=1

Gunmen killed 2 Turkmen Sheikhs in Telafer city

TÜRKMENELİ TV – Reports that gunmen have attacked the Telafer Aga Council Members.

Their correspondent in Mosul city reported the assassination of Sheikh Mohamed Faisel the Chairman of Telafer Aga Council and Turkmen Council Member and the attack on his assistant Sheikh Abdulnur Tahan in the Mosul neighborhood last Monday.

Türkmeneli TV Corresondent said the assassination was carried out at midday in Alislah alzirahi district in Mosul. One of the sheikhs’ bodyguards was also killed in the attack.
Police forces had sealed off the crime scene and began investigations to find the killers. Several statements have been issued to condemn the attack against the Telafer Sheikhs.

The Iraqi Turkmen Council which is considered as Turkmen Parliament has strongly condemned the act in a statement issued by its Chairman.
The statement demanded Iraqi security forces to open an investigation to find the criminals.
The statement also urged the Turkmen people in Telafer to remain calm and not to give way to sectarian violence.
The statement said that this criminal act is an attempt to break Turkmen unity and principles of brotherhood.

The Iraqi Turkmen front has issued a statement in which it condemns the assassinations and declares that the attack targeted the unity of Turkmen people from north to south.