Taza Khurmatu

Taza Khurmatu or Taza (Arabic: تازة خورماتو Tazat Khurmatu‎, Turkish: Tazehurmatu, lit. 'New Khurmatu') is a town in Iraq located just south of Kirkuk.[1] It is populated predominantly by Shia Turkmens.[2][1]

Not to be confused with Tuz Khurmatu.
Arabic: تازة خورماتو‎ Tazat Khurmatu

Turkish: Tazehurmatu
Town
Arabic: تازة خورماتو‎ Tazat Khurmatu
Coordinates: 35°18′10″N 44°19′43″E
Country Iraq
GovernorateKirkuk
DistrictDaquq
Time zoneUTC+3

In 2009 it was the site of the 20 June 2009 Taza bombing, where more than 70 people were killed by a suicide bomber.[3] 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.[4] It is currently controlled by the PMU.[5][6][7] In March 2016, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant fired mortars containing an unidentified chemical agent killing one and injuring 600.[8][9][10]

Taza Khurmatu, along with Altun Kupri, Amerli, Bashir, Bustamli, Mahalabiyah, Qarah Tappah, Sulaiman Bek, Tal Afar 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
  1. "US Holds Islamic State Agent Tied to Chemical Weapons". Voice of America. 9 March 2016.
  2. "Iraqi Turkmen take up arms in Kirkuk - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East". Al-Monitor.
  3. "Dogs to search for bomb victims in Iraq". NBC News.
  4. Abigail Hauslohner (23 June 2014). "Shiite villagers describe 'massacre' in northern Iraq". Washington Post.
  5. ده ها کشته و زخمی در حمله هوایی ائتلاف به یک حسینیه در جنوب کرکوک
  6. فيديو؛ "داعش" تستهدف الحشد الشعبي بالغازات السامة
  7. تازة تتعرض لأعنف هجوم من "داعش" بـ42 صاروخ كاتيوشا
  8. "Iraqi officials: IS chemical attacks kill child, wound 600". HDR - Hickory Daily Record.
  9. "Islamic State Struck Town With Chemical Weapons, Iraq Says". NASDAQ.com. 11 March 2016.
  10. "Iraqi Girl, 3, Dies in ISIS Chemical Attack". News From Antiwar.com.
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