Tuz Khormato (Kurdish: Xurmatû, خورماتوو)is a town in Iraq, located 55 miles south of Kirkuk. Over 70% of the the town is majority ethnic " Turkman ", there are Arabs & Kurds.. The name "Tuz Khormato" means in Turkish "Salt, Mulberry, Date." This town is home to many famous iraqi Turkman personal's, among them : 1- Ekrem Tuzlu (Singer) 2- Ismet Ozcan ( Writer / Poet ) 3- Ali Benne ( Singer ) 4- Fevzi Ekrem Tuzlu ( Poet / Politicona) 5- Ali Hasim Muhtar ( Politician / Vice President of Iraqi Turkman Front ) 6- Ali Marufoglu ( Poet ) 7- Shakiba Vindawi ( Poet ) 8- Murad Ismet Ozcan ( Producer / Movie Editor ) 9- Hani Shakir ( Writer ) 10- Ahmet Hashim Muhtar ( DHA News Reporter )
The town is mostly Shiite muslims , and celebrates the islamis month Muharram in very peaceful and great traditional ways !
In addition, the Shiite mosque is dedicated to a medieval Islamic scholar. Tuz Khurmatu Airbase Al Tuz Airfield and FOB Bernstein[1] The town had 59,189 inhabitants in 2010[2]
Incidents during the Iraq war [link]
Operation Iraqi Freedom
- On August 1, 2003, a bombing of a major Turkish shrine caused a city-wide riot leaving several dead.
- On June 2, 2005, at least 12 people were killed and at least 40 wounded in a big explosion targeting a restaurant.[3]
- On June 23, 2005, a car bomb detonated by remote control hit an Iraqi police patrol, killing one policeman and wounding 7 civilians.[4]
- On September 20, 2005, insurgents detonated a car bomb targeting Shiite worshippers as they were exiting the Hussainiyat al-Rasoul al-Azam mosque, killing at least 10 and wounding 21 others.[5] On March 14, 2007, a suicide bomber struck a market and killing 8 and wounding 25. [6]
Operation New Dawn
- On September 6, 2010, The first US casualties after President Obama declared an end to US combat operations were when an Iraqi soldier killed 2 US military personnel.[7]
Notable residents [link]
One of the well known artist of this town is Ali Kanbar Ozdamer (1919–1999)[8]
References [link]
- ^ [Tuz Khurmatu Airbase https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/tuz-khurmatu.htm]
- ^ www.bevoelkerungsstatistik.de
- ^ 20 dead in Iraq bombings | Iraq | Guardian Unlimited
- ^ Car bombs kill nearly 40 people in Baghdad - International Herald Tribune
- ^ Microsoft PowerPoint - Eye on Iraq Sep 20, 2005 - English
- ^ https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070314/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
- ^ Iraqi soldier fires on US troops, kills 2
- ^ https://www.flickr.com/photos/25180734@N05/sets/72157614885602836/
Coordinates: 34°52′38″N 44°38′18″E / 34.87722°N 44.63833°E
