On 14 July 1959 City had been decorated with approximately 100 victory tank.That day A great preparation was made for Ceremany and Festival in the City.After the long preparations,all the people in the city,children,women and men in their national clothes was waiting for the start of the Ceremany.After the scorching weather was cooled,in the evening from 18:00 on People began to gather in street.People in their colorful national clothes were singing happily and playing national games.At 19:00 o’clock Parade began.Among the people in front of Parade,aport from Mayor Maruf Berzenci and Communist official Managers there were Communist establishments and hundreds of militants such as The Forwad Youth,Peace-Loving,Revolutionist Teachers and People Resistance Organization.In the meantime Militants were prepared according to a definite plan were chanting slogans against The Turks whom was accused of being norrow minded,folscist,radical Turkist.By 19:00 first sound of the weapons was heard and the Turks were attacked.Firstly 14 July Cafe’s owner Osman Hıdır was killed with the first bullet,he was tied to a motorized vehicle with ropes and began to be dragged. The only thing that the Turks wanted to do was to celebrate the 1st Anniversary of Republic,by attacking with automatics they began dispersing.Thus,Genocide continuing 3 day and 3 night went down in History called as Kerkük Massacre,began.People were in panic so the 2nd Division Commander imposed a curfew.But,then this prohibitron was understood to be declared only for the Turks.Then One of the Turkish leaders were taken their home to Kerkük barracks with order of the 2nd Division Commandership.They were judged in five minutes and executed by shooting.Army,police and civilian organizations with the members of the Communist Party co-operated and arrested hundreds of Turks.They filled the sheds with Turks and murdered them with butt and bayanets of the rifles,Turk leaders taken their homes,were killed with automatics in front of their family.And their corpse tied to motorized vehicles were dragged street by street.Ata Hayrullah and his brother Doctor Caloner İhsan Hayrullah were killed in this way.After some of Turks were arrested,they were tied to two different vehicles with ropes,pushed and thus they split into two parts.After some of them’s corpse were dragged on the ground, tractors and lorry passed over their corpse.

Then the other Turk intellectuals whose names were fixed were killed in the same way.The criminals made brutal attacks.Some of the them were hanged up on the lamp posts and were left in hot weather.Some of them’s eyes were gouged out.Apart from deaths,thousands of Turks had been wounded.Some of the people seeing these brutality went insane.Because of fear and some pregnant women lost their childrens.Hospitals filled with injured people.There were no space in prison so many schools were converted into prison.While these brutalities were continuing Turks shops,houses and Trade centers were looted by pillagers.Not only Turks lives,but also their possessions were in danger.Many people died martyr in Kerkük Massacre.The people’s name were these; Ata Hayrullah,İhsan Hayrullah,Kasım Neftçi,Selahattin Avcı,Mehmet Avcı,Cahit Fahrettin,Osman Hıdır,Emel Muhtar Fuat,Cihat Muhtar Fuat,Cihat Muhtar Fuat,Nihat Muhtar Fuat,Nurettin Aziz,Abdullah Bayatlı,İbrahim Ramazan,Abdülhak İsmail,Hasip Ali,Cuma Kamber,Kazım Abbas Bektaş,Şakir Zeynel,Hacı Necim,Enver Abbas,Adil Abdülhamid,Zühery İzzet Çaycı,Fethullah Yunus,Kemal Abdulsamed and Seyit Gani Nakip.

In the history of Humanity the event that is unigue and bloody has been heard and made a big reaction in Iraq and created a shock reaction.This genocide’s news heard out of Iraq took place targely in Domoscus,London,Kahire,Beyrut,was given place largely in Turk press,too.The Massacre of Kerkük made a big reaction in internal and external public opinion.For that reason,General Kasım made Speech in Mor Yusuf Church in Baghdad on 20th July.He criticized the genocide action and reproached responsible people.Than He had to inform that the criminals would be punished heavily.Besides,Kasım declared that genocide was planned on purpose and was taken responsible people to court.The news about the massacre of Kerkük began to separate in Turkey On 19 July.Returning from Switzerland to Ankara that night,Minister of Foreign Affairs Fatih Rüştü Zorlu went to his office and appraised the situation.Two days later,Mr.Zorlu invited the Ankara’s Ambassador of Iraq and demanded for security.Going to Ankara so as to give information about the situation,The Baghdad’s Ambassador of Turkey Fuat Bayramoğlu,negotiated with Mr.Zorlu.After taking necessary directions,the Ambassador returned to Baghdad and reported the message of the Prime Minister Adnan Menderes and the demands of Turkish Government.

Minister of Foreign Affairs announced a decleration to the public On 25 July 1959.The facts that almost thirty Turks in Iraq died because of the events happened in Kerkük; Turkish Government connected with the Iraq Minister of Foreign Affairs by means of the Ambassador of Baghdad;meanwhile the Iraq’s Ambassador of Ankara accepted by the Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs said the same things and gave the pramise of security; and the action which is against the constitution of United Nations and is condemned by them must be stopped and prevented from occuring again,as explained by the Iraq Government are all stated in this declaration.