According to the Turkish press in Turkey-Iraq relations Türkmen (1926-2001)

In this thesis are discussed that the Turkmen living in Iraq between the years of 1926-2001, the framework of the Turkish-Iraqi relations. Political relations between Turkey and Iraq are examined and the position of the Turkmen have been dealed. After the 1926 Ankara Agreement the relations between the two countries developed rapidly. 1937 Sadabad Pact, 1946 Treaty of Friendship, 1955 Baghdad Pact, are the primary factors in the development of the Turkish-Iraqi relations. Improved relations, initially made a favorable effect on the Turkmen. However, this situation has begun to reverse since the end of the Ataturk era. Iraqi authorities have pressured on the Turkmen. Providing education in Turkmen schools were closed, Turkmen were forced migration to Kurdish regions or South of the country, taken from their homes and lands; furthermore, were subjected to painful events as the 1959 Kirkuk massacre. This kind of heavy pressure and intimidation policies continued in 2001. The reason fort his was concern Turkey will annex the region of Mosul and Kirkuk. Therefore, Iraqi goverments carried out a polity of dissolving the Turkmen population within the Arap community. Thus, Turkey's interest in the Turkmen was tried to be undermined. Turkey considered the pressure to the Turkmen as the internal affairs of Iraqi, Turkey only be appealed to the Iraqi goverment for giving cultural rights to Turkmen. After the Gulf War, Turkmen began to organize to find a solution to their troubles in the political sphere. The first political parties and formations established in this period. As heavily populated regions of the Turkmen in Iraq Telafer, Mosul, Altınköprü, Kirkuk, Tuzhurmatu, Erbil, Mendeli and vicinity can be considered. As of today, the number of Turkmen in Iraq is estimated that 2.5 million down.