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By Mofak Salman Kerkuklu<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Altunk\u00f6pr\u00fc is a small T\u00fcrkmen <\/span>[<\/strong><\/span>1<\/sup><\/strong><\/span>]<\/strong><\/span> sub district located 40km north of Kerkuk and the <\/span>city lies to the north-west of Kerkuk. It is a 50km away from Erbil.<\/span> [<\/strong><\/span>2<\/sup><\/strong><\/span>] <\/strong><\/span>Altunk\u00f6pr\u00fc means ‘Golden Bridge’ in the Turkish language.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

The history of the city of Altunk\u00f6pr\u00fc dates back to 228Bc.<\/span> The indigenous inhabitants of Altunk\u00f6pr\u00fc are T\u00fcrkmens, but in the mid of fifties and also in the recent years a large number of Kurds and Arabs migrated to this town seeking work as economical migrants especially after the Kurdish rebels in 1975 were quelled by the Iraqi Ba\u2019ath regime.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nAltunk\u00f6pr\u00fc<\/span> is a T\u00fcrkmen authentic and it is one of the many T\u00fcrkmen ancient <\/span>sub district<\/span>. <\/span>[<\/strong><\/span>3<\/sup><\/strong><\/span>] [<\/strong><\/span>4<\/sup><\/strong><\/span>] <\/strong><\/span>Altunk\u00f6pr\u00fc<\/span> is approximately located between Erbil and Kerkuk. I<\/span>t is situated <\/span>on the bank of Azab Alsfel (Little Zab) River. <\/span><\/p>\n

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1 The Iraqi T\u00fcrkmen live in an area that they call \u201cT\u00fcrkmenia\u201d \tin Latin or \u201cT\u00fcrkmeneli\u201d which means, \u201cLand of the T\u00fcrkmen\u201d. \tIt was referred to as \u201cTurcomania\u201d by the British geographer \tWilliam Guthrie in 1785. The T\u00fcrkmen are Turkic groups that have a \tunique heritage and culture as well as linguistic, historical and \tcultural links with the surrounding Turkic groups such as those in \tTurkey and Azerbaijan. Their spoken language is closer to Azeri but \ttheir official written language is like the Turkish spoken in \tpresent-day Turkey. Their real population has always being \tsuppressed by the authorities in Iraq for political reasons and \testimated at 2%, whereas in reality their numbers are more \trealistically between 2.5 to 3 million, i .e. 12% of the Iraqi \tpopulation.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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2 Turkmenelinden Notlar, Year 1 Issue 2 June 1999, Altunk\u00f6pr\u00fc \tKatliami Page. 2.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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3 The Turkmen and Kerkuk, by Yucel Guclu, ISBN 978-1-4257-1853-4, Page \t26.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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4 The Turkmen and Kerkuk, by Yucel Guclu, ISBN 978-1-4257-1853-4, Page \t58<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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