The Turkish presence in Iraq / Prepared by Bilgay Duman Iraq Studies Coordinator, ORSAM, Feyzullah Tuna Aygün Iraq Studies Expert, ORSAM.

Introduction......4 The Turkmen Settlements .......8 Kirkuk Governorate ........10 Nineveh (Mosul) Governorate........12 Diyala Governorate ..........14 Saladin Governorate .......16 Baghdad Governorate .......18 Erbil Governorate .......20 Other Regions ........22 The Social Structure of The Turkmens......26 The Religious and Cultural Structure of the Turkmens..30 The Educational Status of the Turkmens......34 The Economic Status of the Turkmens ......36 The Social and Political Organization of the Turkmens..38 Historical Traumas ..........38 Social Dynamics..........43 The Effect of Iraq’s Domestic Politics......44 Turkmen Political Organizations.......48 The Iraqi Turkmen Front ........50 The First Turkmen Congress........53 The Second Turkmen Congress ........53 The Third Turkmen Congress......53 The Fourth Turkmen Congress........54 The Fifth Turkmen Congress .......55 Civil Society Organizations ..........58 The Iraqi Turkmen Civil Society Organizations -ITCSO....58 Other Turkmen CSOs in Iraq ......59 Media Outlets ........62 Print Media .........62 Audiovisual Media ..........64