Iraqi forces seized the Kirkuk governor’s office – along with key infrastructure – on Monday, as pro-Baghdad troops and militias swooped on the disputed Kurdish-held city. Iraqi forces have entered the Kirkuk and appear set [ More … ]
Iraqi Ambassador to Russia Haidar Mansour Hadi said that Baghdad rejects the referendum in Kurdistan. Iraqi Delegate Praises Russia’s Position on Kurdistan’s Independence Referendum Baghdad rejects the referendum in Kurdistan, it is illegal from the UN viewpoint, [ More … ]
A referendum would be a mistake that would deteriorate the understanding of Iraq’s solidarity, the Turkish foreign ministry said Turkey on Friday called a plan by Iraqi Kurds to hold a referendum on independence a [ More … ]
By: İbrahim Karagül* Try as many July 15s as you like, you cannot stop this nation’s walk. You cannot change the fate of nations or countries. You cannot prevent the big change aimed at the 21st [ More … ]
By: Verda Özer* “We shall be in the operation. And we shall be at the table as well. They should look at the Misak-ı Milli (National Pact), and they shall understand what Mosul means for [ More … ]
BY: Kemal Öztürk* It was the end of the 1800s. The Ottomans were losing land everywhere. While the U.K. looted Cyprus and the Russians the Caucasus, the French invaded Algeria and Tunisia. The Balkans were [ More … ]
By: Ibrahim Karagül* July 15 will be remembered in our history as the heaviest betrayal and the ugliest sell out. But this part of our history will also be synonymous with an extraordinary resistance, struggle and [ More … ]
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