Abstract:

First of all, Kirkuk is the most important and symbolic city of Iraqi Turkmen. It has been known as "Kerhini" and "Kerhine" in history. It is located between the northern and central regions of Iraq. It has rich oil reserves. Until 1960, 90% of the city was composed of Iraqi Turkmen. In addition, the name of the city was changed as al-Tamim in 1976 as a result of the Arabization policy. While Turkmens constituted 95% of the city until 1960, this rate decreased to 60% as a result of Arabization policies ” The Turkmen poet Mustafa Ziya grew up in this geographical zone and acted as a guide for the Turkmen people with the poems and rudiments he wrote during his lifetime. He set forth his ideas for how society should be in his poems .Mustafa Ziya handled national concerns with wisdom, diligence, compassion and fraternity in his works. Object of this study is to translate Rashid Ali Dakuklu’s piece called the  into contemporary Turkey Turkish while emphasizing Iraqi Turkmen literature and familiarise readers with his personality. Study covers the biographical information concerning Mustafa Ziya, his works and the writings about him. In addition to this, the poems  found in his piece are classifed according to their subject matters. Turkmen population living in Iraqi geography and their cities can be regarded as spiritual component of Turkey as long as we introduce Iraqi Turkmen literature, history and civilization in Turkey.

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