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Will Iraq agree to new Turkmen-majority governorate?
For years, members of Iraq's Turkmen community have demanded that Tal Afar be elevated from its current status as a district in Nineveh to that of a full governorate.
These calls have intensified as the Iraqi government is considering agreeing to Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan becoming the country's 19th governorate.
In response, Turkmen MPs earlier this year began collecting signatures to add a draft legislation about Tal Afar's status to the parliamentary agenda.
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