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  • Kurdish governor of Iraq’s Kirkuk resigns

    Kurdish governor of Iraq’s Kirkuk resigns

    KIRKUK, Iraq – The Kurdish governor and the provincial council chief of Iraq’s flashpoint city of Kirkuk have resigned in what political opponents said was a bid to ease public discontent with powerful Kurdish political parties.

    Iraq’s Kurdish areas have been caught up in the political ferment sweeping North Africa and the Middle East this year, with public demonstrations against the firm rule of the two parties who jointly dominated Kurdish politics for decades.

    Kirkuk lies just outside Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish zone and is divided among Kurds, Arabs and Turkmen. Its provincial government has been led for years by the same Kurdish parties that control the semi-autonomous zone.

    www.jpost.com, 23.03.2011

  • Iraqi Turkmens commemorate 51st anniversary of the Kerkuk massacre

    Iraqi Turkmens commemorate 51st anniversary of the Kerkuk massacre

    Beverwijk, the Netherlands, 18th July 2010 – Iraqi Turkmen Representatives commemorated the 14-16 July 1959 massacre of Turkmens by the communists and Kurds.

    Kerkuk Massacre
    In this photo from left to right: Dr. Hasan Aydinli, ITF EU representative Mr. Ershat Salihi, Member of ITF Executive Committee, ITF Kerkuk representative and Member of the Iraqi Parliament. Mr. Hasan Turan, Member of Kerkuk Provincial Council.