A member of the Iraqi Turkmen Front, MP Aidan Marouf, has demanded that the country’s president and prime minister should assign Turkmen deputies at the central government level and Kurdistan regional government level as their “natural and legal right”.
Marouf told Turkey’s Anadolu news agency that “Turkmen are demanding this status in accordance with the Constitution and their political weight,” noting that this step “holds significance for Turkmen-Kurdish and Arab-Turkmen relations and will be beneficial for the country’s future.”
“We want to have a Turkman vice president along with Kurdish President Massoud Barzani, which would be a positive development,” he added, expressing his belief that they would receive a positive answer from the region’s presidency. “We have already sent a request in writing to the concerned authorities,” he noted.
Marouf added that “the Turkmen inability to reach those positions till today, reflects a lack of democracy.”
The Turkmen Front is also calling for “the establishment of a Ministry concerned with Turkmen affairs,” he added.
According to the Iraqi Ministry of Planning, there were nearly 2 million Turkmen living in Iraq in 2013.
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