Syrian - Iraqi Turkmen Support Thread

[xenon54 out]

It looks like Turkey will have many people seeking asylum soon, ISIS has took several towns including Sinjar from the Kurds, the ones who fled to the Kurdish controlled area are fleeing again.

ISIS threatened they will attack Mosul dam soon, if they control that dam they will destroy it just like they did with the Fallujah dam. Then all of Mosul will be under water together with other cities, a huge disaster.


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ISIS militants capture another Iraqi town | MidEast | Daily Sabah

What is the point in destroying dams? Seems like they really want to live in 7th century.

 

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What is the point in destroying dams? Seems like they really want to live in 7th century.

Kill & destroy, what they have been doing since 2003, it will also make it harder for any army to advance, that has been used in many previous wars but not on such a scale where a city of 3 million would be under water.

 

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What is the point in destroying dams? Seems like they really want to live in 7th century.

You think Erdogan will take military action on ISIS after the release of the consulate staff ?

News says ISIS controls the Mosul dam now.

 

[rmi5]

You think Erdogan will take military action on ISIS after the release of the consulate staff ?

No, obviously he won't. it is just an excuse.

News says ISIS controls the Mosul dam now.

That's too bad. BTW, can you update us about Iraqi Turkmen situation?

 

[xenon54 out]

You think Erdogan will take military action on ISIS after the release of the consulate staff ?

News says ISIS controls the Mosul dam now.

I dont think so, the most what the goverement would do is protecting borders and strike them if there was a direct threat like before.

 

[telkon]

Iraqi Turkmen leader slams Turkic states' lack of support​

While thanking the Turkish government for their support, Iraqi Turkmen leader Ersad Salihi slammed the Turkish opposition, Central Asian states and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus for a lack of support.

World Bulletin / News Desk

Iraqi Turkmen Front leader Ersad Salihi has thanked Turkey for its support after the political crisis in Iraq has left the three million-strong community in a three-way cross-fire between the Baghdad-based central government, the Erbil-based Iraqi Kurdish government and rebels belonging to the self-styled Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

After meeting with Turkey's Foreign Affairs undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu in Ankara, Ersad Salihi praised the Turkish government for looking out for the Iraqi Turkmen population, amid criticism from Turkey's right-wing opposition leader Devlet Bahceli that the government was not doing enough to help the ethnic Turkmens of Iraq. Brushing the National Movement Party (MHP) leader's criticism off as being nothing more than the uttering of nationalistic slogans, Salihi accused the Turkish opposition of not doing anything to help their cause and using the situation as a mere propaganda tool for the upcoming Turkish presidential elections.

Salihi also condemned Turkic states in Central Asia for not helping their fellow Turks in Iraq. Blaming Azerbaijan and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) for their silence particularly, Salihi said: “The only country supporting us is Turkey. Despite all our pleas and requests sent via Ankara, the Turkic republics in Central Asia have not supported us, nor have they brought our case to the international arena.”

Referring to the war between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots over four decades ago, Salihi added: “Back in 1974, we told our ethnic brethren in Cyprus that we were ready to fight alongside the Turkish Cypriots,” expressing his disappointment with the TRNC government.

The Iraqi Turkmens, who after Arabs and Kurds make up Iraq's third largest ethnic group, have seen their main city Kirkuk fall under the occupation of the Kurdish Peshmerga (armed forces) ever since ISIL rebels and aligned Sunni Arab tribes overran Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, on June 10.

While the autonomous Kurdish Regional Government of northern Iraq insists that it has only occupied the oil-rich city of Kirkuk as a precaution against advancing ISIL rebels, Iraqi Turkmens, who have made a demand for their own autonomy in the city, fear that the Kurdish forces are there to stay.

As Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani pushes for a referendum in northern Iraqi for independence, the Iraqi Turkmen Front has called to arms to defend themselves against ISIL attacks. A number of Iraqi Turkmens have already fled Tuzkhormatu, Tal Afar and Mosul after the ISIL conducted massacres in the region.

Iraqi Turkmen leader slams Turkic states' lack of support | Iraq | Worldbulletin News

idiotic statement. i wonder what sinirlioğlu promised him. salihi expects help from turkic countries while it's immediate neighbour turkey failed to do so. i mean, turkic countries don't possess that kind of logistics and infrastructure to commence relief operations, let alone they are complete strangers to this geography. while up to this point iraqi turkmens acted as a whole, akp government succeeded in splitting turkmens (shia & sunny) and this clown points fingers at completely wrong direction, i.e. he uses turkic countris as an excuse to cover akp's misconduct regarding turkmens. this statement smells very much like a presidential elections PR.

 

[asena_great]

idiotic statement. i wonder what sinirlioğlu promised him. salihi expects help from turkic countries while it's immediate neighbour turkey failed to do so. i mean, turkic countries don't possess that kind of logistics and infrastructure to commence relief operations, let alone they are complete strangers to this geography. while up to this point iraqi turkmens acted as a whole, akp government succeeded in splitting turkmens (shia & sunny) and this clown points fingers at completely wrong direction, i.e. he uses turkic countris as an excuse to cover akp's misconduct regarding turkmens. this statement smells very much like a presidential elections PR.

fully agree

 

[Brutas]

Curious, Turkmens in Iraq, where did they came from ? central Asia,Turkey or Caucasus ?

 

[Ahiska]

Curious, Turkmens in Iraq, where did they came from ? central Asia,Turkey or Caucasus ?

Remnants of the Seljuks and Aq/Qara Qoyunlu

 

[Brutas]

Remnants of the Seljuks and Aq/Qara Qoyunlu

Ottomans didn't settle anyone there ? I thought Turkmens ran the administration there on behalf of the Ottomans.

 

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Ottomans didn't settle anyone there ? I thought Turkmens ran the administration there on behalf of the Ottomans.

They have been settled before Ottomans... before Ottomans there were Seljuk Turks.

 

[asena_great]

Ottomans didn't settle anyone there ? I thought Turkmens ran the administration there on behalf of the Ottomans.

they are what remained of zangi empire

Zengid dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nur ad-Din, atabeg of Aleppo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

their tribe how ever is same with azerbijani turks

 

[Hakan]

Turkey builds camp for Iraqi Turkmen refugees​

The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) is setting up a camp to house 20,000 in the Fishkabur area of Iraq's Dohuk province, to be managed by Turkmen authorities.

World Bulletin / News Desk

Turkey is building a refugee camp in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq to accommodate refugees from the ethnic Turkmen minority fleeing the rapid advance of Islamic State militants, a Turkish official said on Tuesday.

Turkish opposition parties had been urging Ankara to help the Turkmens, Iraq's third largest ethnic group after Arabs and Kurds, who have close cultural and linguistic links with Turkey.

Turkey already hosts more than a million refugees from the conflict in neighbouring Syria, of whom 300,000 live in state-run camps. During the 1991 Gulf War, half a million Iraqis fled to Turkey.

The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) is setting up a camp to house 20,000 in the Fishkabur area of Iraq's Dohuk province, to be managed by Turkmen authorities, the official said.

"The plan is to complete the camp in a week. It will be mainly for Turkmens fleeing their homes, but it will be open to anyone who has fled," an AFAD official told Reuters.

"There is no preparation right now for building a camp or camps inside Turkey for those coming from Iraq," he added. "There is no such need. There is no refugee exodus from Iraq, as was the case in Syria."

Most recently, hundreds of Turkmen families fled the northwestern Iraqi town of Sinjar after self-styled Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it. The United Nations says up to 200,000 people have escaped the town in all.

AFAD and other organisations have been sending humanitarian aid since June to Iraqi Turkmens affected by the conflict.

Turkey builds camp for Iraqi Turkmen refugees | Diplomacy | Worldbulletin News

 

[asena_great]

Turkey builds camp for Iraqi Turkmen refugees​

The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) is setting up a camp to house 20,000 in the Fishkabur area of Iraq's Dohuk province, to be managed by Turkmen authorities.

World Bulletin / News Desk

Turkey is building a refugee camp in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq to accommodate refugees from the ethnic Turkmen minority fleeing the rapid advance of Islamic State militants, a Turkish official said on Tuesday.

Turkish opposition parties had been urging Ankara to help the Turkmens, Iraq's third largest ethnic group after Arabs and Kurds, who have close cultural and linguistic links with Turkey.

Turkey already hosts more than a million refugees from the conflict in neighbouring Syria, of whom 300,000 live in state-run camps. During the 1991 Gulf War, half a million Iraqis fled to Turkey.

The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) is setting up a camp to house 20,000 in the Fishkabur area of Iraq's Dohuk province, to be managed by Turkmen authorities, the official said.

"The plan is to complete the camp in a week. It will be mainly for Turkmens fleeing their homes, but it will be open to anyone who has fled," an AFAD official told Reuters.

"There is no preparation right now for building a camp or camps inside Turkey for those coming from Iraq," he added. "There is no such need. There is no refugee exodus from Iraq, as was the case in Syria."

Most recently, hundreds of Turkmen families fled the northwestern Iraqi town of Sinjar after self-styled Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) captured it. The United Nations says up to 200,000 people have escaped the town in all.

AFAD and other organisations have been sending humanitarian aid since June to Iraqi Turkmens affected by the conflict.

Turkey builds camp for Iraqi Turkmen refugees | Diplomacy | Worldbulletin News

after all those bad news at last we get a good one

 

[Islamic faith&Secularism]

A representitive from The Nationalist party MHP slams the Akp and Erdoğan over their lack of attention for Turkmens in Iraq and Syria.

He says the borders of Turkey are closed for Turkmens and request passports from Turkmens while Arabs are welcomed into Turkey without any passport requirements. He criticizes Erdoğan who sends support messages in campaing meetings to Palestinians while Erdoğan ignores that Two towns of Turks in East Turkestan are destroyed due to pray of muslims during Ramadan, while Turkmens in Syria and Iraq are killed,raped, forced to leave their homes. He asks whose government they are, The only muslims in the World are Arabs?

Arablovers spend Money of Turkish taxpayers to supply any kind of comfort to Arabs.