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Turkoman Front Of Iraq
The Iraqi Turkmen Front ( ar, الجبهة التركمانية العراقية, ''al-Jabha al-Turkmāniya al-Irāqiya;'' tr, Irak Türkmen Cephesi), also abbreviated as ITF, is a political movement representing the Iraqi Turkmen people. It was founded on April 5, 1995 as a coalition of several Turkmen parties operating within the framework of Iraq's unity. The party aims for the Turkmen community to have greater political involvement, increased recognition and more rights. Since the fall of Saddam Hussein, the party has contested control of Kirkuk and other areas of northern Iraq, claiming that Kirkuk belongs to the Turkmen people. The ITF claims a region named Turkmeneli (literally meaning the "land of the Turkmens".) as the homeland of the Iraqi Turkmen. Turkmeneli includes within its boundaries Kirkuk, Tal Afar, Erbil, Mandali, Mosul and Tuz Khurmatu. The Iraqi Army and Peshmerga have not allowed them to form their militia and take control of the areas where they live. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arshad Al-Salihi
Arshad al-Salihi ( ar, أرشد الصالحي, tr, Erşat Salihi) is an Iraqi Turkmen politician who has been leader of the Iraqi Turkmen Front since May 2011, and a member of the Iraqi parliament since 2010. Early life and education Salihi was born in the Musalla district of Kirkuk in 1959. He completed primary and secondary education in Kirkuk, later entering the Faculty of Science at the University of Baghdad in 1978. Career After secondary school, Salihi began participating in pro-Turkmen political activities, resulting in his arrest by the Ba'athist government in 1979. He spent nine years in Abu Ghraib Prison as a political prisoner. His older brother was executed by the government and his family was expelled to the southern parts of Iraq. After the fall of Saddam in 2003, he became the representative of the Iraqi Turkmen Front in his native Musalla. After 2004, he served as representative of the party in Syria for 4 years. In 2008 at the Iraqi Turkmen Congress, he w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |