The comment of Talabani does not reflect reality

However Ahmet Muratli the representative of Iraqi Turkmen front in Ankara reflects another side of the picture, during his Interview in a same day to RFE/RL ,s Turkmen Service, he said [The comment of Talabani does not reflect reality. We are also not against Article 58, but until today -- by bringing people from northern Iraq, from Syria and from Iran and giving them false documents -- they (Kurdish authorities) are trying to increase the number of the Iraqi Kurdish population. When we meet with those newcomers, they admit that they are brought by force (to the region) in exchange for money in order to build a Kurdish majority in Kirkuk.”

RFE/RL: Some Turkmen groups in northern Iraq say that they face pressure from Kurdish authorities. For example, they say Kurdish authorities are encou

RFE/RL: Some Turkmen groups in northern Iraq say that they face pressure from Kurdish authorities. For example, they say Kurdish authorities are encouraging Kurds to resettle Kirkuk to change the ethnic balance in the city. Are ethnic tensions mounting in Iraq?

Our Kurdish Problem

The Kurds are "cleansing" their domain - and provoking a civil war in Iraq

The Kurds didn't even wait for the ink to dry on the proposed constitution before they startedpushing for de facto independence - and pushing Arabs and Turkmen out ofKurdish-controlled cities. Eager to seize control of oil-rich Kirkuk, which they ...

Iraq: Why it’s right to say ‘I told you so’

Christian Aid has also highlighted serious ethnic tensions and growing violence in the north of Iraq, where Kurds, Turkmen and Arabs fight for control of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk.