Sulaiman Bek

Sulaiman Bek (Arabic: سليمان بيك‎, Turkish: Süleyman Bey) is a town in the Tooz District of Salah ad Din Governorate,[1] near the border with Diyala Governorate, in northern Iraq, about 100 km from the Iranian border. It has a population of 70,000, mainly from Iraq's Sunni Turkoman ethnic minority. It is the centre of a farming region.

Sulaiman Bek, along with Altun Kupri, Amerli, Bashir, Bustamli, Mahalabiyah, Qarah Tappah, Tal Afar, Taza Khurmatu, Tuz Khormato, and Yankjah, make up the largest Turkmen-majority cities in Iraq, while Mosul, Kirkuk, Kifri, Daquq, Muqdadiyah, Jalawla, and Saadiyah have significant Turkmen minority populations.

References

"سيطرة مسلحين عراقيين بالكامل على ناحية سليمان بيك في محافظة صلاح الدين" [Iraqi Militants Completely Control Sulaiman Bek in Salah al-Deen Governorate]. قناة الحرة (in Arabic). 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2015-08-23.

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[alhu_سيطر-1] "سيطرة مسلحين عراقيين بالكامل على ناحية سليمان بيك في محافظة صلاح الدين" [Iraqi Militants Completely Control Sulaiman Bek in Salah al-Deen Governorate]. قناة الحرة (in Arabic). 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2015-08-23.