Protest Meeting in Kirkuk
On 4th July.2005, thousands of Turkmen participated in a protest meeting in the festival stadium of Kerkuk city under the following topic slogans: The United States of America celebrates today the anniversary of its national sovereignty and liberation day, but violates the simplest rights of the Iraqi people and particularly the rights of the Turkmen. - Turkmen want a free, united and democratic Iraq - Stop violation of Turkmen Human Rights - Stop marginalization of Turkmen - Justice and compensation for forcedly displaced Turkmen under former regime Illegal arrests by the Kurdish militants (Pashmarga) - No to illegal and abusive arrests and deportation of Turkmen by Kurds - Release the Turkmen prisoners in the Kurdish jails. - The head of police should resign - Release all Turkmen detainees from Kurdish prisons Interference of United Nations - United Nations should interfere and open a bureau in Kerkuk - Turkmen request peace keeping forces in Kerkuk - UN were have you been? - United Nations wake up!!! - United Nations: Hear our voice! - Turkmen demand urgent UN implication in Kerkuk to ensure respect of their rights Kurdification - Kerkuk can never be handed to the Kurds - Stop Kurdification of Turkmen regions - Kerkuk is the Turkmen's capital city and must remain so - We will fight against the Kurdification of Turkmen regions. - Kerkuk is a Turkmen city - all Pashmarga out - Kerkuk belongs to Turkmeneli, land of our ancestors
- No to US-backed Kurdish hegemony in Kerkuk city - We will never give up Kerkuk, capital of Turkmeneli \r\n- Stop ethnic cleansing of Turkmen in Kerkuk & north of Iraq! - No to abusive demographic changes in Turkmen region by US-supported Kurds - No to unlimited U.S support for Kurds, - Yes for Iraqi Kerkuk - No to Kurdification \r\n- No to Kurdish hegemony in Kerkuk, capital of Turkmeneli - No to Kurdish hegemony in Turkmeneli Election - The Election was a conspiracy - Kerkuk council is illegal - By manipulation in the election they handed Kerkuk to the Kurds \r\n- Preceding election serves the occupation authorities and the Kurdish parties - The Kurdish administration should be prevented from interfering in the election and census processes in the north of Irak - Security should no longer be exclusively in the hands of the Kurds and Americans \r\n- Upcoming election or census should be done by the United Nations Constitution - In the new constitution, the 13% of the Iraqi Turkmen should have the same rights as the 17% of the Iraqi Kurds. \r\n- No democracy without equality in the constitution - Turkmeneli must be under Turkmen administration - Full rights for the Turkmen in the new Iraqi constitution - Turkmen have the same rights in Iraq as Arabs and Kurds \r\n- Turkmen must be the third official language in Iraq Occupation - End illegal occupation and impose respect of Turkmen rights in Iraq - We demand end of foreign occupation of Iraq and full rights for Turkmen in the new Iraqi constitution equal to those of Arabs and Kurds \r\n-- mvh.ITKF+45 2215 8747 \r\n\r\n",0]
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- No to US-backed Kurdish hegemony in Kerkuk city - We will never give up Kerkuk, capital of Turkmeneli - Stop ethnic cleansing of Turkmen in Kerkuk & north of Iraq! - No to abusive demographic changes in Turkmen region by US-supported Kurds - No to unlimited U.S support for Kurds, - Yes for Iraqi Kerkuk - No to Kurdification - No to Kurdish hegemony in Kerkuk, capital of Turkmeneli - No to Kurdish hegemony in Turkmeneli Election - The Election was a conspiracy - Kerkuk council is illegal - By manipulation in the election they handed Kerkuk to the Kurds - Preceding election serves the occupation authorities and the Kurdish parties - The Kurdish administration should be prevented from interfering in the election and census processes in the north of Irak - Security should no longer be exclusively in the hands of the Kurds and Americans - Upcoming election or census should be done by the United Nations Constitution - In the new constitution, the 13% of the Iraqi Turkmen should have the same rights as the 17% of the Iraqi Kurds. - No democracy without equality in the constitution - Turkmeneli must be under Turkmen administration - Full rights for the Turkmen in the new Iraqi constitution - Turkmen have the same rights in Iraq as Arabs and Kurds - Turkmen must be the third official language in Iraq Occupation - End illegal occupation and impose respect of Turkmen rights in Iraq - We demand end of foreign occupation of Iraq and full rights for Turkmen in the new Iraqi constitution equal to those of Arabs and Kurds .
