Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on Friday Expressed Support for Turkmen in Kirkuk, Saying They Are Understandably Upset About the Appointment of a Kurdish Woman as Mayor of Prde Sub-District.

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Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Öncü Keçeli pointed out that the appointment of a non-Turkmen director to the Altunköprü Municipality of Kirkuk, where the Turkmen population is dense, has created discomfort and disappointment in the Turkmen community.

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reacted strongly to the appointment of a non-Turkmen director in the Altunköprü district of Kirkuk, where the Turkmen population is dense. The statement said, “Our basic expectation is that our Turkmen compatriots are duly represented. We are following the developments closely and meticulously.” After the Turkmens were ignored in Altunköprü, demonstrators closed the Kirkuk-Erbil highway to traffic.