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Ankara calls on Iraqi authorities to “immediately identify the perpetrators” of the “heinous terrorist attack” that killed Ahmet Tahir, a former officer on the Iraqi Turkmen Front’s safety division.
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Türkiye has condemned the “heinous terrorist attack” in Kirkuk, northern Iraq, which killed a former officer of the Iraqi Turkmen Front’s Security Department.
“We are deeply saddened to learn that Ahmet Tahir, a former officer of the Iraqi Turkmen Front’s Security Department, lost his life as a result of an assassination today (March 3) in Kirkuk,” stated Foreign Ministry spokesman Tanju Bilgic in a press release on Friday.
Condemning the assault, the assertion stated: “This terrorist act targets not only the peace and security of Turkmens, one of the constituent and primary components of Iraq but also Iraq’s stability.”
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Türkiye known as on the Iraqi authorities to “immediately identify the perpetrators of this attack and bring them before justice,” it added.
Tahir, who was one of many leaders of the Iraqi Turkmen Front’s Security Department, was killed in Kirkuk.
Bagdad’s current choice to restrict the usage of the Turkmen language in its northern Kirkuk province drew instant backlash from Kirkuk’s Turkmen neighborhood, with Turkmen leaders rejecting it as unconstitutional and unacceptable.
Following uproar inside and out of doors the nation, Iraq has retracted its choice to restrict the usage of the Turkmen language in its northern Kirkuk province, native media reported on Thursday.
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