Kirkuk Governorate - Wikipedia
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. The governorate has an area of 9,679 square kilometres (3,737 sq mi).
Kirkuk - Wikipedia
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. [9]
Iraq’s parliament bans Kurdish flag in Kirkuk | News - Al Jazeera
2017年4月1日 · Iraq’s parliament has rejected a decision to raise the Kurdistan flag alongside the Iraqi flag on public buildings and institutions in Kirkuk city. Iraqi MPs voted in favour of displaying...
Kurdistan Regional Government (Iraq) - CRW Flags
2024年12月7日 · The Kurdistan flag comprises of three horizontally arranged colours red, white and green with a yellow sun in the centre. The proposed law will be presented soon to the Kurdistan Regional Parliament for approval. Also at the meeting, the Council of Ministers put forward a proposal to create four more governorates in the Iraqi Kurdistan.
Kurdistan Region flag banned in Kirkuk for six years
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – It has been six years since the Kurdistan Region flag has been displayed in public institutions in Kirkuk, where a military takeover in 2017 reversed a provincial decision to display the national symbol.
The Dangerous Implications of Raising the Kurdish Flag in Kirkuk
2017年5月19日 · Kirkuk Under PUK Control. In the aftermath of the IS offensive on northern Iraq, the city of Kirkuk has fallen increasingly under the influence of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).
Kurd Flag Raising Adds To Tensions In The Iraqi City Of Kirkuk
2017年5月12日 · The war on ISIS has emboldened Iraq's Kurds to take a provocative step — raising their flag above the disputed, multi-ethnic city of Kirkuk. The flag raising has caused ripples around the...
Iran wades into Kirkuk flag controversy | Rudaw.net - رووداو.نێت
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iran has waded into the Kirkuk flag controversy with a government spokesperson expressing support for Iraq’s territorial integrity and warning against increasing ...
Kurdish flag in Iraq’s Kirkuk is permanent, Kirkuk governor says
2017年4月2日 · Iraqi Vice President Osama al-Nujaifi condemned last Tuesday the decision by local authorities in Kirkuk to raise the Kurdish flag in Kirkuk as “a breach of national unity”. The oil rich ethnically-mixed Kirkuk city in Iraq’s north is claimed by both Iraq’s central government and the country’s Kurdish region.
UNAMI Concerned by Raising Kurdistan Flag in Kirkuk, Cautions …
Baghdad, 21 March 2017 – The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) is concerned by the recent decision of the Governor of Kirkuk to raise the flag of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq...