Iraqi Turkmens commemorated the 51st anniversary of the 1959 Kerkuk massacre

Beverwijk, The Netherlands –
On Sunday 18th July 2010 IRAQI TURKMENS commemorated the 51st Anniversary of the 1959 Kerkuk massacre of Turkmens by the Communists and Kurds

Two Turkmen representatives from KERKUK were present:

Mr. Ershad Salihi, Member of Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) Executive Committee, ITF Kerkuk representative and Member of the Iraqi Parliament
and
Mr. Hasan Turan, Member of Kerkuk Provincial Council

From Belgium:
Dr. Hassan Aydinli, Iraqi Turkmen Front (ITF) E.U. representative

From The Netherlands:
Mr. Abbas Kasap, Mr. Sabah Mardan, Mr. Nail Hasip, Mr. Bayatli, and many more Turkmens from the Diaspora participated.

One of the participants read a message from Mr. Ghanem Authman, ITF Berlin, who was unable to attend this event.

A representative of the Uighur (East Turkestan) community in the Netherlands and a representative of the Azerbaijani community in the Netherlands also attended to show their support for their Turkmen brothers.

for more photos please see: http://merryabla64.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/iraqi-turkmens-met-in-the-netherlands-to-commemorate-the-51st-anniversary-of-kerkuk-massacre/