Taza Khurmatu
Town
Taza Khurmatu is located in Iraq
Taza Khurmatu
Taza Khurmatu
Coordinates: 35°18′10″N 44°19′43″E / 35.30278°N 44.32861°E / 35.30278; 44.32861
Country Iraq
GovernorateKirkuk
DistrictDaquq
Population
 (2008)[1]
 • Total27,359 (Taza subdistrict)
Time zoneUTC+3

Taza Khurmatu or Taza (Arabic: تازة خورماتو, romanized: Tāzah Ḵūrmātū,[2] Turkish: Tazehurmatu, lit. 'Fresh Dates'[3][4]) is a town in Iraq, located south of Kirkuk.[5] It is populated predominantly by Shia Turkmen.[5][6]

History

In 1925, the town's population was predominantly Turkmen.[7]

The town experienced Arabization during the Saddam era where Turkmen land was confiscated and given to Arab settlers.[8]

In 2009 it was the site of the 20 June 2009 Taza bombing, where more than 70 people were killed by a suicide bomber.[9] In June 2014, along with the nearby villages of Brawawchli, Karanaz, Chardaghli, and Bashir, it experienced a massacre of at least 40 villagers committed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.[10] In March 2016, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fired mortars containing an unidentified chemical agent killing one and injuring 600.[11][12][13]

It is currently controlled by the Turkmen Brigades of the Popular Mobilization Units.[14][15][16]

References

  1. ↑ Knights, Michael (2010). "Kirkuk in Transition Confidence Building in Northern Iraq" (PDF). Policy Focus. p. 16. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "سكان "تازة خورماتو" بكركوك العراقية يتوافدون للمشافي جراء قصف "داعش" البلدة بالكيماوي". Anadolu Agency (in Arabic). 11 March 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Son 3 yıl içinde Tazehurmatu'da yaklaşık 100 kişi kansere yakalandı" - Son Dakika Haberleri
  4. ↑ "The Turkmen of Iraq". Al-Bab. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  5. 1 2 "US Holds Islamic State Agent Tied to Chemical Weapons". Voice of America. 9 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "The Turkmen of Iraq: Underestimated, Marginalized and exposed to assimilation". UNPO. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  7. ↑ Question of the Frontier between Turkey and Iraq - League of Nations. 1925. p. 38.
  8. ↑ Derzsi-Horváth, András (2017). "Iraq after ISIL: Kirkuk". GPPi. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "Dogs to search for bomb victims in Iraq". NBC News.
  10. ↑ Abigail Hauslohner (23 June 2014). "Shiite villagers describe 'massacre' in northern Iraq". Washington Post.
  11. ↑ "Iraqi officials: IS chemical attacks kill child, wound 600". HDR - Hickory Daily Record.
  12. ↑ "Islamic State Struck Town With Chemical Weapons, Iraq Says". NASDAQ.com. 11 March 2016.
  13. ↑ "Iraqi Girl, 3, Dies in ISIS Chemical Attack". News From Antiwar.com.
  14. ↑ ده ها کشته و زخمی در حمله هوایی ائتلاف به یک حسینیه در جنوب کرکوک
  15. ↑ فيديو؛ "داعش" تستهدف الحشد الشعبي بالغازات السامة
  16. ↑ تازة تتعرض لأعنف هجوم من "داعش" بـ42 صاروخ كاتيوشا
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