Iraqi Turkmen genocide
Overview of crimes committed against Iraqi Turkmen by the Islamic State / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Iraqi Turkmen genocide refers to a series of killings, rapes, executions, expulsions, and sexual slavery of Iraqi Turkmen by the Islamic State. It began when ISIS captured Iraqi Turkmen land in 2014 and it continued until ISIS lost all of their land in Iraq. In 2017, ISIS's persecution of Iraqi Turkmen was officially recognized as a genocide by the Parliament of Iraq,[5][6] and in 2018, the sexual slavery of Iraqi Turkmen girls and women was recognized by the United Nations.[7][8]
Overview of crimes committed against Iraqi Turkmen by the Islamic State
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| Part of 2014 Northern Iraq offensive and the War in Iraq (2013–2017) | |
Funeral of a young Turkmen girl who died after an ISIS chemical attack | |
| Location | Iraq |
| Date | 1 August 2014 – 31 August 2017[1] |
| Target | Iraqi Turkmen |
Attack type | Genocidal massacre, ethnic cleansing, forced conversion, Genocidal rape, Sexual slavery |
| Victims | Thousands killed, 600,000 displaced,[2] Hundreds missing |
| Perpetrators |  ISIL |
| Motive | Anti-Turkish sentiment (alleged by some Iraqi Turkmen and human rights organizations),[3][4] Religious persecution (for Shia Turkmens only), human trafficking |
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| 18th /19th/early 20th century genocides |
| Late Ottoman genocides (1910s–1920s) |
| World War II (1939–1945) |
| Cold War (1940s–1991) |
| Contemporary ethno-religious genocides |
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