Turkmeneli

Coordinates: 35°12′04″N 43°57′54″E / 35.201°N 43.965°E / 35.201; 43.965
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A map of Turkmeneli on a monument in Altun Kupri (Turkish: Altınköprü).
An Iraqi Turkmen youth holding a Turkmeneli scarf.

Turkmeneli, also known as Turkmenland,

West Turkmeneli.[3] Apart from the designation of the region as Turcomania in a 1785 map by William Guthrie, there's no certain mention of the region in published works until the establishment of the Iraqi Turkmen Front.[2]

In particular, the

Anglicized version of "Turkmeneli" – appears on a maps of the region published by William Guthrie and Adolf Stieler, however, there is no clear reference to Turkmeneli until the end of the twentieth century.[2]

The Turkmen homeland

The Iraqi Turkmen/Turkomans generally consider several major cities, and small districts associated with these cities, as part of their homeland.

Mendeli.[7] Consequently, the Turkmeneli region lies between the Arab areas of settlement to the south and Kurdish areas to the north.[7]

Prospects of an autonomous region

flag of Turkmeneli

According to Khalil Osman there has been "a raft of federalist schemes" proposed by various Turkmen/Turkoman political parties.[6] For example, one controversial proposal to set up Turkmeneli as a Turkmen/Turkoman autonomous region included the areas northwest of Iraq, from Tal Afar in Nineveh Governorate, through Kirkuk Governorate and Tuz Khurmatu District in Saladin Governorate in north-central Iraq, to Mandali in the Diyala Governorate in the northeast of Baghdad.[6]

Vahram Petrosian suggests that the Iraqi Turkmen Front's (ITF) forwarding of the idea of the recognition of Turkmeneli may pave the way for a future Kurdish-Turkmen conflict.[8]

In 2016 Wassim Bassem reported that the Turkmen/Turkoman have been calling for their own independent province in the Tal Afar district.[9] Their demands had coincided with calls for the establishment of other new provinces for the Christian and the Yazidi minorities.[9]

On 17 July 2017, Turkmen representatives proposed that

Turkmen Hashd al-Shaabi forces."[11]

Independence movement

Pan-Turkists advocated for Iraqi Turkmen to separate from Iraq and form East Turkmeneli, and for Syrian Turkmen to separate from Syria and form West Turkmeneli, which would both unite and form the State of Turkmeneli, which would be a prerequisite for Pan-Turkism.[12]

Iraqi Turkmen nationalists were divided between those who wanted to join Turkey and those who wanted an independent Turkmeneli.[13] Iraqi Turkmen nationalists advocated for a Turkmeneli stretching from Tal Afar to Mandali, with its capital in Kirkuk.[14] After the expiration of the Treaty of Lausanne in 2023, many Iraqi Turkmen expressed hope that Turkmeneli, especially Mosul and Kirkuk, would become part of Turkey.[15]

  • Bilingual sign in Arabic and Turkish
    Bilingual sign in Arabic and Turkish
  • Bilingual sign in Arabic and Turkish
    Bilingual sign in Arabic and Turkish
  • Bilingual sign in Arabic and Turkish
    Bilingual sign in Arabic and Turkish

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-1461633679
  2. ^ a b c d e Anderson & Stansfield 2009, p. 56.
  3. ^ a b "DOĞU TÜRKMENELİ'DE BATI TÜRKMENELİ'YE ZİYARET". Archived from the original on 9 December 2023.
  4. doi:10.1163/157338410X12625876281505
  5. ^ Anderson & Stansfield 2009, p. 57.
  6. ^
    ISBN 978-1317674870
  7. ^
    S2CID 56385519
  8. doi:10.1163/157338403X00150
  9. ^ a b Bassem, Wassim (2016). "Iraq's Turkmens call for independent province". Al-Monitor.
  10. ^ Iraqi Turkmen to propose "special status" for Kirkuk, Anadolou Agency
  11. ^ Iraq meeting tackles Turkmens' future in post-Daesh era, Anadolou Agency
  12. ISBN 9786057415745
  13. ISBN 9781440850004
  14. ISBN 9781461633679
  15. ^ Iraqi Turkmen: The Controversy of Identity and Affiliation, 2021, pp. 16, Dr. Ali Taher Al-Hamoud

Bibliography

Further reading

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