Turkmen People's Party

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The Turkmen People's Party, or Türkmen Halk Partisi, is a political party representing the Turkmen minority in Iraq. The Turkmen People's Party (Türkmen Halk Partisi), founded in 1997, was repressed under Saddam Hussein but has been able to operate freely since the regime was removed by U.S. and allied forces in the Iraq War.

Overview

After the Lausanne Agreement, attempts were made to break apart and exploit the Iraqi Turkish, despite the broader success of the agreement. The dictatorial regime that captured the government in Iraq increased their assimilation policies to wards the Turks living in Iraq and tried to erase and annihilate their assimilation policies presence in the national scene. In response, the Turkmen People's Party was founded.

The party wants the formation of a central government comprising to the democratic Iraqi Republic, in a negotiation table with their national, religious and political adversaries, by coming together and reaching to agreement in minimum similarities among the participants. There by they can accept and sing up on a government which all of the said parties shall establish agreement. [cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/tn/halk/bildiri.html|title=Statement from party website|accessdate=2007-05-08]

References

External links

* [http://www.angelfire.com/tn/halk/ Turkmen People's Party (Türkmen Halk Partisi) official site]