Kirkuk (Arabic: كركوك; Kurdish: کەرکووک, romanized: Kerkûk; Syriac: ܟܪܟܘܟ, romanized: Kerkouk; Turkish: Kerkük) is a city in Iraq, serving as the capital...
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Kirkuk Governorate (Arabic: محافظة كركوك, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Karkūk; Kurdish: پارێزگای کەرکووک, romanized: Parêzgeha Kerkûkê/Parêzgayi Kerkûk; Turkish:...
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The 1959 Kirkuk massacre was a massacre of Iraqi Turkmen in Kirkuk, Iraq, which lasted from 14 July to 16 July 1959. The perpetrators were Kurds from...
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Kirkuk may refer to: Kirkuk Governorate - a region within Iraq Kirkuk District - a district within Kirkuk Governorate Kirkuk - a city within Kirkuk District...
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Iraqi Turkmen (section 1924 Kirkuk massacre)
Gavurbağı, Kirkuk. The Kirkuk massacre of 1959 came about due to the Iraqi government allowing the Iraqi Communist Party, which in Kirkuk was largely...
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Hussein, the party has contested control of Kirkuk and other areas of northern Iraq, claiming that Kirkuk belongs to the Turkmen people. The ITF claims...
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The Battle of Kirkuk may refer to several historical battles over several conflicts: Battle of Kirkuk (1733) during the Ottoman–Persian War (1730–35)...
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The Kirkuk Massacre of 1924 was a massacre perpetrated against the people of Kirkuk by the Assyrian Levies on May 4, 1924 following a series of attacks...
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Battle of Kirkuk (2017), part of the 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict, was a military deployment by the Iraqi Security Forces to retake Kirkuk Governorate...
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The Kirkuk Citadel (Arabic: قلعة كركوك; Kurdish: قەڵای کەرکووک; Turkish: Kerkük Kalesi) is in the centre of Kirkuk, Iraq, and is considered to be the oldest...
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