Iraqi Turkmen Want To Have Equal Rights In Iraqi National Congress

ANKARA - Iraqi Turkmen people said that they had welcomed revival process of the Iraqi opposition, and stressed that they should be presented at the Iraqi National Congress with equal rights.
Releasing a statement, Iraqi National Turkmen Party Honorary Chairman Mustafa Kemal Yaycili said on Tuesday, ''we hope that Iraqi opposition would find reasonable and lasting solution. Political status of Turkmen community in Northern Iraq should become clear. Turkmen people account for 13 percent of the population in the region.''
''However, the National Congress claimed that the Turkmen accounted for 6 percent of the population. This serious mistake should be corrected as soon as possible,'' he added.