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The Turkmen Charter

Ideology of the Turkmen movement

Turkmen’s vision of the Iraqi citizenship

Turkmen citizens’ view of the Iraqi ethnicities

The Turkmen’s View on the Arab Nations' Issues

The Turkmen’s View on the Aspiration of the Kurdish Citizens

The Turkmen’s View on the Iraqi Governance System

The Turkmen’s View on the Religious and Sectarian Diversity

The Turkmen’s View on the Neighbouring and Regional Nations

The Turkmen’s View on family and Women

The Turkmen’s View on Education

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Mehmet Y. Yilmaz

13.01.2007

Kirkuk and the new Iraqi strategies

It appears that US President George W. Bush isn't really aware of what the real problem in Iraq is. If he were, he wouldn't be sending 21,500 more soldiers over there. The real problem in Iraq derives from the fact that the former Baathists were neve

The distrust and enmity that arose between Shiites and Sunnis in Iraq under Saddam's rule is not going to solved by additional US troops. And in fact, the insistence that it can be solved by more troops only serves to bring Iraq further and further along the path to its dissolution.

In addition, the new Petrol Law, based on the idea that the oil in Iraq belongs to the entire country, but which actually gives western oil companies more advantages than anyone else, will also only serve to dissolve the country faster and faster. As for the Iraqi Kurds, they long ago started to form their own state.

And as for their plans for Kirkuk, it is only a question of time when they start implementing their real plans. And so I think it's about time that everyone starts making their calculations according to these plans. Especially Turkey.

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