Kirkuk sits on the ruins of the original Kirkuk Citadel which sits near the Khasa River. It is described by the Kurdish leader and former Iraqi president Jalal Talabani as “the Jerusalem of Kurdistan”, while it is seen by the Turkmen activist Fatih Salah as the cultural and historical capital of Iraqi Turkmens. [8] .

Jan 23, 2025 · Kirkūk, city, capital of Kirkūk muḥāfaẓah (governorate), northeastern Iraq. The city is 145 miles (233 km) north of Baghdad, the national capital, with which it is linked by road and …

Kirkuk Governorate (Arabic: محافظة كركوك, romanized:Muḥāfaẓat Karkūk; [ 3 ] Kurdish: پارێزگای کەرکووک, romanized:Parêzgeha Kerkûkê/Parêzgayi Kerkûk; [ 4 ][ 5 ] Turkish: Kerkük Valiliği) or Kirkuk Province is a governorate in northern Iraq.

1 day ago · Oil major BP is expected to spend up to $25 billion over the lifetime of a project to redevelop four Kirkuk oil and gas fields, a senior Iraqi oil official told Reuters, as Baghdad seeks to win ...

1 day ago · Oil major BP is expected to spend up to $25 billion over the lifetime of a project to redevelop four Kirkuk oil and gas fields, a senior Iraqi oil official

Kirkuk (Kurdish: کەرکووک, Arabic: كركوك, Turkish: Kerkük) is a city in Northwestern Iraq. However, its population is ethnically mixed, and it is under the control of the Iraqi government.

Sep 10, 2023 · The recent crisis in Kirkuk, an oil-rich city located in northern Iraq, has once again highlighted the intricate historical ethnic and political factors behind the ongoing conflict. Kirkuk has historically been contested between the federal government in Baghdad and authorities in the autonomous Kurdistan region of the north.

Oct 17, 2017 · Iraq's oil-rich province of Kirkuk has been the subject of contending claims by different ethnic groups for almost 60 years. It contains a blend of Kurds, Arabs, Turkmen and …

Kirkuk is a city in northern Iraq and capital of Kirkuk Governorate. The Kirkuk region lies among the Gudrun peak to the north-east, the Zab River and the Tigris River to the west, the Hamrin Mountains to the south, and the Diyala River to the south-east.

The 1959 Kirkuk massacre was a massacre of Iraqi Turkmen in Kirkuk, Iraq, which lasted from 14 July to 16 July 1959. [1] The perpetrators were Kurds from the Iraqi Communist Party, the massacre also changed the previously positive Turkmen-Kurdish relationship in Iraq and created a long-lasting ethnic-based stigma. The event is deeply rooted in the collective memory of the Iraqi Turkmen. [2 ...