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Instead of fleeing in the face of the Islamic State drive across northern Iraq, the Turkomans have stayed and fortified their town of 15,000 with trenches and armed positions.

From The Guardian • Aug. 30, 2014

The last official census was in 1957, when the Turkomans had a slight edge over the Kurds, 40% to 35%.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the 1970s, Saddam Hussein sought to reorder the city's demographics by driving out some Kurds and Turkomans and busing up thousands of Arab families from the south.

From Time Magazine Archive

And finally, there are outside influences: Turkey backs the Turkomans and, with Iran, opposes greater Kurdish power.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was also reaching out north-eastward to the Tartars of Transcaucasia and the Turkomans of Persian Azerbaidjan.

From The New World of Islam by Stoddard, Lothrop