Erşad Salihi visited ITF Turkey Representation

The Leader of the Iraqi Turkmen Front and Kirkuk Member of Parliament the distinguished Erşad Salihi who is in Turkey on an official visit paid a visit to the Iraqi Turkmen Front Turkey Representation.


Salihi, who was greeted by Iraqi Turkmen Front Turkey Representative Hicran Kazancı, said that the developments in Iraq were passing through a critical process and that everybody here particularly the Turkmen needed to have common sense and emphasized that the local elections executed in Kirkuk were especially important because the results emerging from these elections would determine the framework of the future parliamentary elections. Salihi said that for this reason we must be well prepared for these elections and also instructed the Turkmen not to heed the recent rumors and that those fishing in muddy waters were doomed for disappointment and added that the whole Iraqi Turkmen Front was in a state of unity and solidarity which would continue.

The Iraqi Turkmen Front Turkey Representative said “The next process poses a critical period for Iraq. As a matter of fact, Iraq has been going through a critical process since 2003. After this critical process those who endeavor to disrupt our unity and solidarity with words and scripts without any truthful basis are doomed to disappoint as always. In addition, let no one have any doubt about the continuance of the unity and solidarity with the head of ITF and the administration.’’

Iraqi Turkmens commemorated the massacre of Uighurs by the Chinese authorities

Turkmens gathered in Avcı Mosque in Kerkuk (Iraq) on 17/07/2009 to commemorate the massacre of their Uighur brethren by the Chinese authorities.

Kerkükte'ten Dogu Türkistan'a destek!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdpZueCjIME

Iraqi Turkmen Front (Irak Türkmen Cephesi) Representatives from Europe and the Middle East

Turkey: Mr. Saadun Köprülü,

U.K.: Mrs. Sündüs Abbas

Belgium: Dr. Hassan Aydinli

Germany: Mr. Ghanem Authman

Syria : Dr. Suphı N. Tavfık

were in Iraq (Kerkuk) to take part in the commemorations (14th-20th July) of the 50th anniversary of the massacre of Iraqi Turkmen leaders by communist Kurds in Kerkuk on 14th July 1959.

They visited the Turkmen town of Taza Khurmatu where the inhabitants were targeted in a car bomb explosion outside a mosque on June 20th 2009. Many Turkmens were killed and hundreds were severely wounded and had to be airlifted to hospitals in Turkey for treatment. The explosion also caused the destruction of the town center, leaving hundreds of people homeless.

Please see: http://turkmenfriendship.blogspot.com/2009/06/bomb-explosion-in-turkmen-city-of-taza.html

On 17th July, Turkmens gathered in Avcı Mosque in Kerkuk to commemorate the Uighur victims who were killed by the Chinese authorities in East Turkestan and to show their solidarity with their Uighur brothers who, like them, continue to suffer from ethnic cleansing.