Altun Kupri
Altun Kupri or Altun Kopru is a town north of Kirkuk in Kirkuk Governorate in Iraq. Its population of approximately 9,275 is predominately Turkmen. It is located on the shores of the Little Zab river's Dibis Lake, near the Dibis Dam. The Little Zab river divides the town into three parts: Büyük yaka, Orta yaka, Küçük yaka. It's strategically located on the middle of the Erbil–Kirkuk road.
Altun Kupri, along with Tal Afar, Amirli, Bashir, Bustamli, Mahalabiyah, Qara Tapa, Sulaiman Bek, Taza Khurmatu, and Yenice, make up the largest Turkmen-majority cities in Iraq, while Mosul, Kirkuk, Kifri, Tuz Khurmatu, Daquq, Miqdadiyah, Jalawla and Saadiyah have significant Turkmen populations.Altun Kupri massacre
Over 135 Turkmens were massacred in 1991 during the Gulf War by the Iraqi Army.
