Turkmen People's Party Turkmen People's Party The Turkmen People's Party, or Türkmen Halk Partisi, is a political party representing the Turkmen minority in Iraq. The Turkmen People's Party (Türkmen Halk Partisi), founded at Ankara in 1997, was repressed under Saddam Hussein but has been able to operate freely since the regime was removed by U.S. and allied forces in the Iraq War. Following the Lausanne Agreement, attempts were made to divide and exploit the Iraqi Turkomans. The dictatorial regime that captured the government in Iraq increased their assimilation policies towards the Turkomans living in Iraq and tried to erase their identity via assimilation
Miss Turkey the Miss Universe pageant, competed the following year instead. Miss Turkey Miss Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Güzelleri) is a national beauty pageant in Turkey. Miss Turkey pageant was initially promoted by the newspaper "Cumhuriyet". Since 1980, it has been run by the "Miss Turkey Organization". Between the years 1980–1990, the contest was sponsored by the newspapers "Güneş", "Sabah", "Tercüman", "Bulvar", and some others. With the establishment of private TV channels in Turkey in 1990, the channels Magic Box, Show TV, Channel D, Star TV, NTV, CNBC-e and FOX TV took over the promotion of the pageant. The title "Miss Turkey" is