KIRKUK, Iraqi Kurdistan | Development thread

[Alan131210]

First i would like to write a brief about kirkuk's history

Kirkuk is currently a dispute city between Kurdistan and iraq whether it should stay under central or to be annexed to Kurdistan via a referendum by the Iraqi constitution article 140 to be held in a close future by the people of Kirkuk. it has been a kurdish city since it was first establish by the kurdish tribes called Guti . Kirkuk holds 10% of Iraq's oil hence the former dictator Saddam was ethnic cleansing the kurds kicking them out of the city and replacing them with Arab settlers.
Kirkuk a Kurdish city since the era of the Guti (ancestors of the kurds) . There are Turkmen who came to kirkuk during the ottoman empire first in 1055 from Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan . Arabs from Salahadin Province also started migrating to the city after oil was first discovered in 1927 , They started settling in the Hawija sub-district in Kirkuk province. There are also some Chaldean that live in the city which are very small in number . one after another the former iraqi governments took kirkuk's oil and used the money to destroy the city kick out the kurds and replace them with Arab settlers from mid and south of iraq , many kurds wish kirkuk didn't have oil because it would have been part of the KRG by now.

The city is controlled and administrated by Kurdistan however it is not official. there is the constitutional law article 140 whether to join the autonomous region of Kurdistan via a referendum. its not the oil the kurds are after there are plenty of oil in the 3 provinces (45 Billion barrels of oil)but cos its a city formed by Gutian ancestors of kurds 2400 BC.



KAR (Kurdistan autonomous region)

those disputed blocs colored in blue are all kurdish cities and 90% of their residents are kurds but were isolated from Kurdistan by Saddam for their oil reserves



KRG (kurdistan regional government)








1893 Ottoman empire map of the region , proving kirkuk within "Kurdistan" region borders





article 140 to annex Kirkuk to mother land of Kurdistan





GOVERNORS OF KIRKUK

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Contractor : İlci - Hertz Joint Venture Partnership
Location : Kirkuk
Project Owner : Ministry of Health
Project Award Date : August, 2011
Total Project Value : 145.000.000 USD

Scope of Work:

Design & Construction of a turnkey health facility per latest international codes & standards,
60.000 m2 hospital building,
Procurement & Installation of the whole Medical Equipment,
Procurement & Installation of the whole hospital furniture,
Training of the hospital staff,
Construction of the 8.000 m2 Staff Residences,
Construction of the supporting facilities (such as water treatment facilities, power plants and etc.)







http://www.hertz-co.com/hertzco/inde...-beds-hospital

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Living at Noor City, You will agree that it has share of perks. With absolute privacy within your house, the lifestyle of an upscale resort, the security of a gated community, the advantage of having like-minded individuals as neighbors and with the luxury of abundant space in city like Kirkuk, this is truly the new address of affluence.
Our Living Services include:
» 24/7 Electricity supply
» Top level security
» Public facilities
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» Location: Kirkuk, Shoraw
» Type of project: Real Estate
» Status: Under Construction
» Due date: 2012







http://noorcity-kirkuk.com

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old campus





new campus

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A closed sports hall will be opened by July 1st, with a friendly match between a Kirkuk club and a Turkish club.

Muhana al-Shammari, Kirkuk: Jabar Muhamad, director of Sports Activities said, “this project is a closed sports hall, which was given to an Iraqi company in 2008 with expenses of 5.600.000.000 Ids.” He later he described the hall as being , “ on four acres of land, and is built in both a modern and global style.”

Kirkuk has four closed halls; three of them belonging to the Education Ministry, and one of them to Youth Directorate.


Short URL: http://kirkuknow.com/english/?p=2485

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07/12/2011 18:55

Kirkuk 7 Dec (AKnews)

A member in the provincial council announced on Wed , a turkish company has shown its commitment to implement 2 strategic projects which are building a power plant and an international airport.

Jamal Mawlud told (AKnews) "the Turkish company (Techno Tekis) has confirmed its readiness to have 2 strategic projects implemented"

he said "until now the awarding of the 2 projects have not been finalized as there are few other companies willing to take on the projects , a delegation will visit baghdad next week to meet with the transport ministry to finalized the fate of the projects".

Kirkuk Provincial council accepted the transformation of Kirkuk's military airbase into a public airport with total amount of votes .

by Abdulla Amri

Translated from kurdish by me
http://www.aknews.com/ku/aknews/2/276866/

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Completion: 85%
Cost: $14.5 Million
Area: 2000 m2
start: 2007-2012

n 2007, 14 million and 400 thousand Iraqi dinars were allocated to the project. Three million ids were allocated for the project by the fifth cabinet (former Sulaimani administration) of the Kurdistan regional government (KRG). The Iraqi central government was not willing to pay for the project, but the KRG did.

The remaining 11 million and 400 were allocated by the KRG’s Ministry of Planning (6th cabinet) (MoP) in two phases.







Back gate


http://kirkuknow.com/english/index.p...o-be-finished/

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Kirkuk Governor (Left) middle



08/02/2012 14:46

KIRKUK, Feb.8 (AKnews) - The foundation stone of a five star hotel and shopping center was laid in Kirkuk today, the first project of its kind in the city.

The mall and hotel, at a cost of $31.58m (36.8tr IQD), will be built over three years by the Rekan Firm based, based in Kurdistan, and various Turkish companies.

Kirkuk, 250km northeast of Baghdad, is still in urgent need of investment to reconstruct the ruined infrastructure of the city, destroyed by years of war and government negligence.

Rekan Group (The company who built New City Mall and Mega Mall and Green Land in Erbil) located and replaced the Current Kirkuk Baho Building

By Abdullah Ameri

http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/2/288771/
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...2#post88445082

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Kat is one the most outstanding companies of oil industry.It is the first company licensed in November,12th, 2008 from General Directory for Industrial Development Ministry of Industry and Minerals for producing oiling oils and paving asphalt; for the company is provided by fuel oils refined from space distillation of crude oil by General Oil Company of Kirkuk ( Beiji and Kirkuk Refineries) according to the license from Ministry of Industry and Minerals,

Liquid asphalt, or what is known in industry as ( patrolmen), is one of the materials that produced from crude oil after been passed through several space distillation which is result in many other oil products like: NAFTA, Gasoline, Gasoil, and Kerosene.
Other elementary crude products, which are known as fuel oils, are put in the unit of space distillation so as to separate oils from heavy hydrocarbons through which asphalt that is have many uses is obtained. Such as paving streets, painting roofs. Further than asphalt two types of ghee and heavy gas oils are produced.





















http://www.kat-g.com

[Alan131210]

Originally Posted by bogert

Very good to know about the history of Kirkuk..

your welcomed dear !

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Kirkuk Governor Nejmadin Karim said Hadi al-Amri, Minister of the Ministry of Transportation (MoT) would visit Kirkuk to check on the plans for building a civilian airport here.


Karim said, “The MoT minister has promised to visit Kirkuk in order to accelerate the process of building a civilian airport and developing the transportation sector in Kirkuk.” The Kirkuk governor met with the MoT minister last month to discuss the possibility of building a civilian airport.

It was decided that the civilian airport is to replace the current Huriya (Azadi) airport which was used from 2003 to November of 2011 as a US troops base. “The Kirkuk administration will start forming an expert committee from relevant directorates and the Kirkuk Provincial Council (KPC) to start the project,” according to Kirkuk’s governor.

The KPC unanimously decided to change the Hurriya airport to a civilian airport in November of 2011 and hand its control over to the security forces of the province.


Short URL: http://kirkuknow.com/english/?p=7334

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With a budget of 450 billion Iraqi dinars, the largest Sport City will be built on 150 acres of land in Kirkuk. The project has been approved by the Council of Ministers.

The project first formed under Abdulrahman Mustafa, former Governor of Kirkuk, and was handed to the Minister of Councils. The Council of Ministers approved the project on February 26.

Jabar Muhamad, director of the Kirkuk Sports Directorate (KSD) said, “The project was offered in the time of the former governor in August of 2011, but we have responded now.” The project is to be implemented with 450 billion ids on 150 acres of land. Muhamad added, “We’ll announce the implementing company in one or two days, which will begin building the facility next month.”

The location of the project is on the Kirkuk-Erbil road, near Shwan T-junction. The project is supposed to be implemented in three years, with all its stadiums, closed halls, 5-star hotels, cafés and restaurants.


Short URL: http://kirkuknow.com/english/?p=8194

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Kirkuk governor Najmadeen Karim decided Wednesday to build 5000 residential units in Kirkuk for the city’s poor.

There are an increasing number of renters while housing shortcomings is one of the prominent crises in Kirkuk and other Iraqi cities beside bad security situations.

The governor stated today in a meeting with Kirkuk investment committee and a number of the city’s investor that a plan has been made by the committee includes building 5000 residential units in the city that will be sold to the poor people at a reasonable price.

Karim made sure that the city’s administration will not prioritize any investors or any firms, saying that there will be a transparent tendering process.

Falah Bazzaz head of the committee said that a portion of land in the northern city has been allocated to the project as a bid to address the housing problems.

There are a great number of people who live in the governmental buildings and cannot afford to buy new houses due to poverty. Those people will be prioritized to be settled in the new houses, Karim said.

Karim said on June 6 that they will build 670 houses on the petrodollar budget.

PUKmedia

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Lexx is the new brand of The Levante Group. The new lifestyle Hotel is located in Kirkurk, and is scheduled to open in fall 2013. The Lexx-Hotel will offer a high class product in style, design and ambiance and will supply all necessary services which are expected by an international clientele.











http://thelevantegroup.com/real_esta...kirkuk_eng.php

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The Levante Center is a mixture of Lexx Hotel, Conference Hall, Spa & Wellness Center, furnished Apartments and Shopping mall. The Levante Center is located in Kirkurk, and is scheduled to open in Spring 2014.







http://thelevantegroup.com/images/pr...-center-kirkuk