Persecution of Iraqi Turkmen in Ba'athist Iraq

The Persecution of Iraqi Turkmen in Ba'athist Iraq refers to the persecution of Iraqi Turkmen by the government Ba'athist Iraq, specifically under Saddam Hussein.

Persecution of Iraqi Turkmen in Ba'athist Iraq
Part of the Ba'athist Arabization campaigns in northern Iraq, the Iran–Iraq war, and the prelude to the Iraqi Turkmen genocide
Grave of Necdet Koçak, a Turkmen intellectual executed by the Iraqi government in 1980 in Baghdad, located in Kirkuk
Location Ba'athist Iraq
Date1968–2003
TargetIraqi Turkmen
Attack type
Massacres, Deportations
Perpetrator Ba'athist Iraq
MotiveAnti-Turkish sentiment, Arabization
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