to demand formally to make Kirkuk join Kurdistan region , stressing the need to end the effects of forcing people to became Arabs policy and demographic change , which was carried out by the former regime in the " Kurdish areas outside the region " .

Tayfur said in a statement reported for " Shafaq News " , that” it is time for the return of Kirkuk to Kurdistan Region , noting that in the interest of the citizens to make their province join Kurdistan and manage it by Kurdistan Regional Government in order to put an end to security breaches and " terrorist " daily operations that affect the lives of innocent civilians and address the problems of the province.

He called to develop services and advance the construction and reconstruction to compensate the Kurdish people of the province and Turkmen who were affected during the former regime and restore their " stolen " rights, stressing the need to move beyond the stage of the disputed areas .

Kirkuk province is considered of the disputed areas between Erbil and Baghdad , covered by article 140 of the constitution , which defined a mechanism to normalize their positions by the return of the displaced people to their home areas and compensate them for their property and their land and start a census population that concludes with a referendum of its people to let them choose between joining Kurdistan Region or remain under the authority of the federal government.

However, the procedures for the application of this Article had faced obstacles related to political conflicts between Erbil and Baghdad , according to observers of the Iraqi .