![Turkmen Deputy and Chairman of Iraqi Turkmen Front, Ershad Salihi (C) delivers a speech during a press conference due to liberating operation from Daesh in Tel Afar, at parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq on 21 August, 2017 [Murtadha Sudani/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170821_2_25357295_25133493.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
![Turkmen Deputy and Chairman of Iraqi Turkmen Front, Ershad Salihi (C) delivers a speech during a press conference due to liberating operation from Daesh in Tel Afar, at parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq on 21 August, 2017 [Murtadha Sudani/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170821_2_25357295_25133495.jpg?w=797&h=531&ssl=1 "BAGHDAD, IRAQ - AUGUST 21: Turkmen Deputy and Chairman of Iraqi Turkmen Front, Ershad Salihi (C) delivers a speech during a press conference due to liberating operation from Daesh in Tel Afar, at parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq on August 21, 2017. ( Murtadha Sudani - Anadolu Agency )")
Turkmen Deputy and Chairman of Iraqi Turkmen Front, Ershad Salihi (C) delivers a speech during a press conference due to liberating operation from Daesh in Tel Afar, at parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq on 21 August, 2017 [Murtadha Sudani/Anadolu Agency]
![Turkmen Deputy and Chairman of Iraqi Turkmen Front, Ershad Salihi (C) delivers a speech during a press conference due to liberating operation from Daesh in Tel Afar, at parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq on 21 August, 2017 [Murtadha Sudani/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170821_2_25357295_25133493.jpg?w=395&h=264&ssl=1 "BAGHDAD, IRAQ - AUGUST 21: Turkmen Deputy and Chairman of Iraqi Turkmen Front, Ershad Salihi (C) delivers a speech during a press conference due to liberating operation from Daesh in Tel Afar, at parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq on August 21, 2017. ( Murtadha Sudani - Anadolu Agency )")
Turkmen Deputy and Chairman of Iraqi Turkmen Front, Ershad Salihi (C) delivers a speech during a press conference due to liberating operation from Daesh in Tel Afar, at parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq on 21 August, 2017 [Murtadha Sudani/Anadolu Agency]
![Turkmen Deputy and Deputy Chairman of Iraqi Turkmen Front, Abbas al-Bayati (C) delivers a speech during a press conference due to liberating operation from Daesh in Tel Afar, at parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq on 21 August, 2017 [Murtadha Sudani/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170821_2_25357295_25133492.jpg?w=395&h=263&ssl=1 "BAGHDAD, IRAQ - AUGUST 21: Turkmen Deputy and Deputy Chairman of Iraqi Turkmen Front, Abbas al-Bayati (C) delivers a speech during a press conference due to liberating operation from Daesh in Tel Afar, at parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq on August 21, 2017. ( Murtadha Sudani - Anadolu Agency )")
Turkmen Deputy and Deputy Chairman of Iraqi Turkmen Front, Abbas al-Bayati (C) delivers a speech during a press conference due to liberating operation from Daesh in Tel Afar, at parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq on 21 August, 2017 [Murtadha Sudani/Anadolu Agency]
![Turkmen Deputy and Deputy Chairman of Iraqi Turkmen Front, Abbas al-Bayati (C) delivers a speech during a press conference due to liberating operation from Daesh in Tel Afar, at parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq on 21 August, 2017 [Murtadha Sudani/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170821_2_25357295_25133491.jpg?w=596&h=397&ssl=1 "BAGHDAD, IRAQ - AUGUST 21: Turkmen Deputy Abbas al-Bayati (C) delivers a speech during a press conference due to liberating operation from Daesh in Tel Afar, at parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq on August 21, 2017. ( Murtadha Sudani - Anadolu Agency )")
Turkmen Deputy and Deputy Chairman of Iraqi Turkmen Front, Abbas al-Bayati (C) delivers a speech during a press conference due to liberating operation from Daesh in Tel Afar, at parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq on 21 August, 2017 [Murtadha Sudani/Anadolu Agency]
![Turkmen Deputy and Deputy Chairman of Iraqi Turkmen Front, Abbas al-Bayati (C) delivers a speech during a press conference due to liberating operation from Daesh in Tel Afar, at parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq on 21 August, 2017 [Murtadha Sudani/Anadolu Agency]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170821_2_25357295_25133490.jpg?w=596&h=397&ssl=1 "BAGHDAD, IRAQ - AUGUST 21: Turkmen Deputy Abbas al-Bayati (C) delivers a speech during a press conference due to liberating operation from Daesh in Tel Afar, at parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq on August 21, 2017. ( Murtadha Sudani - Anadolu Agency )")
Turkmen Deputy and Deputy Chairman of Iraqi Turkmen Front, Abbas al-Bayati (C) delivers a speech during a press conference due to liberating operation from Daesh in Tel Afar, at parliament building in Baghdad, Iraq on 21 August, 2017 [Murtadha Sudani/Anadolu Agency]