Tuz Khurmatu


Tuz Khurmatu is the central city of Tooz District in Saladin Governorate, Iraq, located 55 miles south of Kirkuk. The town is multi-ethnic, with a majority of Turkmen, and Kurdish and Arab minority.

History

40% of the population was Kurdish in the 1947 census.
The town participated in the 1991 Iraqi uprising before being suppressed by the Ba'athist Iraqi army.
Since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the city has experienced significant violence. It has been frequently bombed by Al-Qaeda in Iraq and its successor the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, as well as the PKK.

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Ali Kanbar Ozdamer was a well-known artist from the area.
Assi al-Qawali suspected leader of the White Flags insurgent group, and Kurdish nationalist.