Tuz Khurmatu

Tuz Khurmatu
City
Tuz Khurmatu is located in Iraq
Tuz Khurmatu
Tuz Khurmatu
Tuz Khormato's location in Iraq
Coordinates: 34°53′N 44°38′E / 34.883°N 44.633°E / 34.883; 44.633
Country Iraq
ProvinceSaladin
DistrictTooz
Elevation
715 ft (218 m)
Population
 (2012)
 • Total119,000
Time zoneUTC+3

Tuz Khurmatu (Arabic: طوزخورماتو, Turkish: Tuzhurmatu,[1][2] Kurdish: دووز خورماتوو, romanizedDûz Xurmatû,[3][4] also spelled as Tuz Khurma and Tuz Khormato) is the central city of Tooz District in Saladin Governorate, Iraq, located 55 miles (89 km) south of Kirkuk. Its inhabitants are predominantly Shia Turkmen, with a minority of Arabs and Kurds.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "Tuzhurmatu'da Türkmen - Kürt dayanışması nasıl bozuldu?". BBC News. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Tuzhurmatu'ya 15 yıl aradan sonra Türkmen kaymakam atandı". www.aa.com.tr (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Gelê Duz Xurmatû: Em ê destûrê nedin dagirkeriyê". ANF News (in Kurdish). Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  4. ^ "لیژنەی ناوچە كوردستانییه‌کانی دەرەوەی ئیدارەی ھەرێم له‌گه‌ڵ نوێنەرانی خه‌ڵكی زیانلێکەتووی دووزخورماتوو كۆبووه‌وه‌". Parliament of Kurdistan (in Kurdish). Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  5. ^ [1] Archived 2017-02-18 at the Wayback Machine Arab-Kurd conflict heats up after Tuz Khormato incidents
  6. ^ [2] Archived 2017-09-17 at the Wayback Machine Tuz Khurmatu: Atrocities against Iraqi Turkmen on the Rise
  7. ^ "Iraqi Turkmen". Minority Rights Group International. 19 June 2015. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.