Table of Contents
Foreword by
Lord Avebury.
Preface.
I - A
synopsis of the history and geography of the Kirkuk Region.
- II - The Non-Kurdish ethnic
population in the Kirkuk Region: The Turkmans.
- 1. Origins.
- 2. Population Estimates.
- 3. Relations between Kurds
and Turkmans.
- 4. Politicaal Orientations of the Turkmans.
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- IlI - Earliest Attempts at
Arabization.
- A - The period of the
monarchy.
- The role of the oil company
in changing the ethnic character of the city of Kirkuk.
- The building of the Hawija
Irrigation Project to settle Arab tribes in the Kirkuk Region.
-
- B - The period from 1958 to
1968.
- Measures towards Arabization
taken by the February 1963 coup organizers in the Kirkuk Governorate.
-
- C - The period from 1968 to
the present.
- Measures taken by the Iraq
regime inside the city of Kirkuk.
- Measures taken by the regime
to Arabize the entire Kirkuk Governorate.
- 1. City District of Kirkuk.
- 2. Dubz District (Arabized to
Al-Debiss).
- 3. Hawija District.
- 4. Chamchamal District.
- 5. Duz-Khurmatu District.
- 6. Kifri District.
- 7. Kala'r District..
IV The
result of Arabization and destruction of the Kirkuk Region.
Appendices.
PREFACE
THE KIRKUK
REGION, rich in petroleum deposits and vast farm lands, has been one of the principal
obstacles to finding a peaceful solution to the Kurdish question in Iraq.
Geographically,
the region straddles the strategic trade routes between Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey and
beyond. However, it was the discovery of vast quantities of petroleum deposits in the
region that led Great Britain, in 1926, to append Kirkuk and the former Ottoman Wilayet of
Mosul (of which the Kirkuk region was a part) to the newly-created state of Iraq. This new
state, created in 1921, was under the Mandate of Great Britain. Ever since, and
particularly after 1963, there have been continuous attempts by the central government of
Iraq to Arabize the strategic region of Kirkuk.
To
understand better the reasons for this policy, let us, first, briefly consider the
geopolitics, history and demography of the Kirkuk region, and then analyse the situation
both before and after these attempts.
The Author
• Born in the city of Kirkuk.
• Completed elementary
education, intermediate and secondary school in Kirkuk.
• Received the Bachelor of
Science degree in Law from the University of Baghdad.
• Received his Doctorate
(ph.D.) in Law from the Sorbonne (France).
• Has taught at a number of
Iraqi universities, including the University of Baghdad (College of Law) from 1968 until
he was retired in 1982 for political reasons.
• Is the author of numerous
publications and research studies in Kurdish, Arabic, French and English.
• Is the author of the
first dictionary of legal terms in Kurdish/Arabic/French/English. • Proposed the draft
Constitution for the IraqiKurdistan Region.
• At present, he is the
President of the Kurdish Organisation for Human Rights in Great Britain and the Kirkuk
Trust for Research & Study (London).
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