Turkmen Democratic Movement
The Turkmen Democratic Movement (Turkish: Türkmen Demokratik Hareketi) is a political party in Iraq that is headed by Kalkhi Najmaddin Noureddin. It acts as an alternative to the more heavily funded Iraqi Turkmen Front. The party was created by ex-Front members in 2004, who believed the interference of Turkey in its affairs was not helping the Iraqi Turkmen community[1] and that Turkmens would do better to co-operate with the Kurdistan Region.[2] It supports the annexation of Kirkuk to the Kurdistan Region, and is supportive of the Kurdistan Regional Government.[3] The party won 3 seats in the Kurdistan National Assembly[1] at the 2009 election, making them the leading Turkmen political force in that body. The party sought to obtain a ministerial portfolio following those elections.[2]
At the 2013 elections, the party lost all three of its seats to the and , while the and Iraqi Turkmen Front held on to one seat each.[4][5]
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- ^ a b https://web.archive.org/web/20070513083555/http://www.soma-digest.com/Details.asp?sid=160. Archived from the original on May 13, 2007. Retrieved July 2, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ a b Ahmed Hussein (October 6, 2009). "Turkmen Democratic Movement says ready to participate in next govt". Iraqi News. Retrieved June 24, 2014.
- ^ http://www.rudaw.net/english/kurds/4395.html Archived February 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://rudaw.net/sorani/kurdistan/2809201326
- ^ "IHEC announced final results of Iraq's Kurdistan Parliamentary elections 2013". ekurd. ekurd.net. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
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