Will Turkish language be homebound in Kirkuk?

Today's Iraq is one of the countries that have emerged at the end of the 400-year-old Ottoman Empire rule after the First World War. 

As far as we know, British agent Gertrude Bell, together with British officials, drew a map that corresponded to today's borders of Iraq. After that, Iraq was able to partially survive even though it went through the First World War, and even though it was fighting a long war with Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini regime, maybe thanks to the Baath dictatorship and the toughness of the Saddam Hussein regime. The Kurds of northern Iraq have been revolting since Mullah Mustafa Barzani (1903-1979), and with the last American intervention; they have gained their autonomy.

Two million Turks in northern Iraq 

The Kurdish regime in northern Iraq is in good relations with Turkey. They have established control against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). As they have seized oil revenues and the welfare in the region is increasing. Iraq, to keep hold of this region, has opted for making concessions to the Kurdish population and administration. 

Recently, Kurdish has been declared the second official language in the region after Arabic. New arrangements were introduced. However, as is the custom in such annexations in the Middle East, the first acts we see are fires that break out in land registry offices and civil registries. The aim is to eradicate the legal assurances of the group that is wished to be eliminated and the assets of which to be easily seized.

No doubt, there is a third group that we need to mention; the Turks. The Mosul province of the Ottoman Empire, together with Baghdad and Basra, were the three pillars of Iraq. 

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