Word: turcomans
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...nationalists as the future capital of a Kurdish state. Turkey is unhappy that former Kurdish residents of the city forcibly relocated by Saddam Hussein and replaced by Arab Iraqis two decades ago will be allowed to vote in Kirkuk. Turkey - as well as leaders of the city's ethnic Turcoman and Arab populations - fear this will decisively tip the electoral balance to give the Kurds control over the contested city. The Turkish military is warning, bluntly, that it would deem Kurdish control of Kirkuk unacceptable, and that it might view such an outcome as grounds to intervene. These...
...there's also a flip-side, in the form of the ethnic Turcoman minority in northern Iraq, who have their own political parties in Iraqi Kurdistan but have a troubled relationship with the Kurds. Many Kurds see the Turcomans as a proxy for Turkey. The Turcomans themselves feel like a minority without a place in this big Kurdish fraternity, and they look to the Turks for support. I met with the leader of the Turcoman party, who said frankly that if the Turcomans are in jeopardy, they expect Turkey to come in and help them - which sounds like creating...
...there's also a flip-side, in the form of the ethnic Turcoman minority in northern Iraq, who have their own political parties in Iraqi Kurdistan but have a troubled relationship with the Kurds. Many Kurds see the Turcomans as a proxy for Turkey. The Turcomans themselves feel like a minority without a place in this big Kurdish fraternity, and they look to the Turks for support. I met with the leader of the Turcoman party, who said frankly that if the Turcomans are in jeopardy, they expect Turkey to come in and help them - which sounds like creating...