User:Turkmenmedia

مركز الإعلام التركماني العراقي
ITMC كركوك - العراق

Iraqi Turkmen Media Centre

Kerkuk - IRAQ

كركوك مدينة عراقية ذات أحقية تركمانية

The Iraqi Turkmen Media Centre is one of the Iraqi Turkmen media groups (also spelled Turcoman Media, Turkomen Media , and Iraqi Turkman media) (Turkish: Irak Türkmenleri Medyasi /Irak Türkleri Medyasi) are a distinct Turkic ethnic Media group living mostly in northern Iraq, in an area which they call "Turkmeneli", notably in the cities of Kirkuk, Arbil, Tal Afar, and Mosul. There are also significant numbers of Turkmen in the central provinces of Baghdad, Wasit. However, estimates of their numbers vary dramatically, from 200,000-300,000 by western sources to 3,500,000 by Turkish sources.They have been undergoing decades of assimilation campaigns in Iraq.

The Turkmen of Iraq are not to be confused with the Turkmen of Central Asia who reside primarily in Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Iran. Iraqi Turkmen form a distinct group within the Oghuz Turk classification, which includes Ottoman Turks, modern Turkish people, Azeris, and the Turkmen of Central Asia.