Talk:Kirkuk Governorate

Category: Assyria
I would like to know why the category Assyria is allowed while category Kurdistan is being removed? Is there exact boundaries for Assyria? As far as I remember that's the main reason given for removing the Kurdistan category. Heja Helweda 22:57, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Name change
Has this province been officially rename Kirkuk? If so can I move this article to Kirkuk Governorate? --AndrewRT 12:29, 9 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I was thinking the same. Does anybody have a good source? Valentinian (talk) 19:59, 13 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I heard that after collapse of Baath regime since April 2003 the governorate was returned to the name Kirkuk. Asoyrun 23:51, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Elections
It was argued that Barzani's troops (Peşmergeler) didn't let Turkmens to vote. They also sent Kurdish people to the city to vote for the Kurdish list. Shouldn't we mention these claims? Deliogul 12:37, 10 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I've heard the allegation too, but personally I would rather mention this is the article about the specific election. AndrewRT(Talk) 18:13, 11 February 2007 (UTC)


 * At least, don't say that the election was democratic. I live in the most democratic Muslim country in the world and I can say that the election was rubbish. It was a deal between US and Kurdish warlords. Whatever, Iraq is your country... Ruin it if you like. Deliogul 12:23, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
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Holy Place?
You say that Kirkuk is the Kurdish people's Holy Place? It can only be the Kurd's holy place if they worship oil!

What absolute bullshit! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.234.32.146 (talk) 15:41, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Turkmen City of kerkük
After the census regions south of the Turkmen in Kirkuk Turkmen şehridir.Kerkükte plowed, a part of a reduced surface area of ​​the Turkmen villages and towns kerkük torn from the outside of Kirkuk during Saddam placed Arabs, Kurds in post-Saddam period, to be self göçettirlimiştir.Kerkük shields come with self-turkmen.Kerkük come from outside Kirkuk not for the oil-rich Kirkuk, the Turkmens .Kerkük burned folk culture belongs to all hosts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.140.219.29 (talk) 09:33, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Kirkuk and Kirkuk province
Kurds majority in Kirkuk center. But Arabs is majority in Kirkuk Province. These two things are not the same thing. Arabs are only of majority in their Hawija district of Kirkuk province. Hawija is largest district of Kirkuk With a population of 500,000 Arabs. Bruskom (talk) 06:39, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
 * And where are your sources for this? Historically this city has had a majority of Turkmen. Kurds have increased in numbers after the US invasion and after expelling Turkmen and Arabs from the city. Amr ibn Kulthoumعمرو بن كلثوم (talk) 00:58, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

Turkmens are not natives in Iraq. They are comes from central Asia to Iraq and their homeland is central asia. Bruskom (talk) 02:39, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Arabs and Kurds can claim rights in this city. But Turkmens can't claim rights in this city. Bruskom (talk) 02:49, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

@Amr ibn Kulthoum, Look at Census results of 1957 before you claim such things.--Gomada (talk) 18:28, 20 December 2015 (UTC)


 * @Gomada I agree with you! Early in the 18th century Arab tribes from Tikrit and south of Iraq arrived to Kirkuk province. The only natives of Kirkuk are Kurds. Turkmens also came from Central Asia. Bruskom (talk) 07:29, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

Autonomous Region and Occupation
The governorate is under military occupation of Kurdish militias, but not part of Iraqi Kurdistan. Beshogur (talk) 19:04, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 29 October 2019
Kurdistan doesn't exist. There is no evidence. It is part of Iraqi sovereignty and the Constitution so stop spamming. Fine12322 (talk) 19:16, 29 October 2019 (UTC)


 * ❌ Please explain explicitly what your edit request is. ---Wikaviani  (talk) (contribs)  19:51, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

Keeping the four languages
Kirkuk's name is included in the four languages present in the city itself on so many signs in Kirkuk - including the council logo which people can find easily. I think we should keep the name in Arabic, Kurdish, Turkish and Syriac as it is now. There has been some disruptive removals of Kirkuk's name in Syriac. Ashurpedia (talk) 01:05, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Capitalization
Not consistently capped in RS (t &#183; c)  buidhe  18:48, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Latest election results should be added aswell
Hi I would like if you guys added the latest election results to the page 2023 (governance elections) alongside 2018 iraqi parliamentary elections. Ty NICTON t (talk) 17:16, 26 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Ihec official government website page 13 has
 * kirkuk election results. https://ihec.iq/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/القوائم.pdf
 * with adding that “iraqi turkmen front and karkukuna “ are turkmen parties
 * And adding the ethnicity of other parties . Because election results are used in estimating population distribution and ethnic equality in kirkuk. NICTON t (talk) 17:28, 26 January 2024 (UTC)