IRAQ | Stories of Conflict Prevention
Episode 3: Joost Hiltermann and Hasan Turan on facilitating dialogue in divided Kirkuk to avoid conflict
What does preventing conflict actually look like?
In the third episode of season two of the "IMPACT" series (formerly “REWIND: The Impact of Conflict Prevention”), Joost Hiltermann, Crisis Group's Program Director for the Middle East and North Africa, takes us back to when the ethnic and religious tensions in Kirkuk, Iraq were on the brink of breaking out into violence. He tells the story of how dialogue helped to bridge intercommunal differences and avert probable violence. Hasan Turan, the leader of the Iraqi Turkmen Front, who was a member of the Kirkuk Provincial Council in 2008 and later Chairperson of the Kirkuk Provincial Council, also speaks to Crisis Group’s role and impact on the situation in Kirkuk.
“IMPACT” is a video series that gives a sense of how conflict prevention works. In each episode, a Crisis Group analyst recalls their experience in helping to prevent a deadly war or crisis.
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