A report into Kurdish abuses in TURKMENELI

by Salman Mofak

Türkmeneli Representative for the UK and the Republic of Ireland

1. Introduction-- 5
1.1 Turkmen at the Monarchy era- 6
1.2 The Abdul Karim Qasim period (1958–1963) 7
1.3 The social era of General Abdul-Salam Arif (1963–1967) 8
1.4 The Ba’ath Period (1968–2003) 9
1.5 The provisional constitution of 1970- 11
1.6 The National Congress of the Ba'ath Party in 1971- 12
1.7 The Iraq and Iran War 1980–1988 (The First Gulf War) 16
1.8 The uprising of 1991- 17
1.9 Occupation era 2003- 19
1.10 The New Iraqi Constitution- 23
1.11 The attack on the Iraqi Turkmen front in Kirkuk- 24
2.1 Squatting in government properties ---------------------------------------34
2.2 Establishing puppet parties- 37
2.3 Using false identities- 37
2.4 Looting of deeds and the land registry office- 39
2.5 The assassination of the general director for education- 40
2.6 Kurdish regional government issuing fake documents. 43
2.7 Human Rights Watch-- 46
2.8 Vandalizing Turkmen Martyrs’ Names- 47
2.9 Power abuse by Kurdish Asayish- 48
2.10 The attack on al_Tasahul supermarket- 52
2.11 Police Headquarters (Quriya), Central Kirkuk- 53
2.12 The attack on a Turkmen governing council member 57
2.13 The Turkmen school books confiscated- 58
2.14 Demolishing of a Turkmen house by Kurdish militia- 59
2.15 The attack on the Turkmen village of Yengejeh-- 60
2.16 Barzani bribes a former Minister of Justice, Hashim al- Shebli 60
2.17 Property Claims Commission controlled by the Kurds 61
2.18 MRG report on the 26 Feb.2007- 74
2.19 Kurdish terrorisation- 75
2.20 Kidnapping of the Arabs and Turkmens by the Kurdish Militia- 76
2.21 American Forces and Iraqi Police Demolish Turkmen Villages- 77
2.22 Abuses and Atrocities Committed by the Kurdish Rebels- 79
2.23 Provocation of Turkmen Citizens- 80
2.24 Transfer of the Kurds to Kirkuk- 80
2.25 The Attack on Shifa Hospital 81
2.26 The Assassination of Brigadier Sabah Bahlul Kara Altun- 81
2.27 Kurds Harassed Turkish Peacekeeping Force- 82
2.28 Kirkuk and Kurdish Election Fraud- 83
2.29 The Abduction of Turkmen Journalist Qasim Sari Kahya- 88
2.30 Kurdish Threatening Letter 88
2.31 The Arrest of the Kirkuk Governing Council Member 90
2.32 Jalal Talabani’s visit to Kirkuk- 91
2.33 Iraqi Demonstration against the Kurdish Ambassador in Sweden- 92
2.34 Kurds Squatting on Turkmen Land in Tuz Khormatu- 92
2.37 The Kurdish Parties Harbouring PKK Terrorist Organisations- 97
2.39 Abduction Turkmen News Reader by Kurdish police- 102