After the situation in Iraq changed, relations between the Kurdish leadership and Abdul Karim Qasim, the President of Iraq, deteriorated. On September 11, 1961, it was decided to start the National September Revolution against the oppression of the state. With the start of the revolution, party and organizational work once again took on a secret form and activities continued secretly. The Iraqi government began hunting and arresting KDP members, and these arrests also widely affected members of the Kurdistan Students Union, especially those who studied at universities in Baghdad and southern Iraq. During this period, a large number of members of the Kurdistan Students Union, from the leadership of the organization to the lower levels, joined the revolution and headed to the mountains of Kurdistan(1).
Holding the Conference:
As a result of the arrest and martyrdom of some of their leaders and members, in March 1962, in order to organize themselves and assess the situation imposed on the organization, the Kurdistan Students Union held a secret conference in Baghdad and issued several decisions.* Part of the decisions of this conference was supporting the September Revolution and focusing on the professional and scientific problems of Kurdish students. In this conference, Haydar Hamza continued his struggle within the ranks of the Kurdistan Students Union as secretary, and the conference representatives elected the new secretariat as follows:
1- Sarwar Kake Hama
2- Mamun Dabbagh
3- Ahmed Sharif Lak
4- Haydar Hamza
5- Fuad Mullah Mahmoud
6- Adil Nasir
7- Tayib Jabbar Barwari
8- Hikmat Khanaqini(2).
The most important decisions of the conference were supporting the Kurdish revolution and its leader and providing whatever they could for the Peshmerga forces. Organizing new students within the ranks of the revolution. Giving importance to the participation of Kurdish students in professional and academic organizations(3).
Source- Irfan Aziz Aziz, Congresses and Conferences of the Kurdistan Students Union, Edition 1, (Erbil-Rojhelat Press-2012), p. 35.
- * There are different opinions regarding the location of the conference, several sources indicate that the conference was held in a part of Kurdistan, but the location was not mentioned and confirmed. Majid Hassan Ali, The Kurdish Student Movement in Iraq (1926-1970), Master's Thesis/Salahaddin University in Erbil 2008, Spirez Publishing House, (Erbil - Haji Hashem Press), p. 146.
- Ahmed Sharif Lak, Interpretation of Historical Events, Some Pages of a Nation's History, Volume 1, First Edition, (Erbil-Rojhelat Press-2016), p. 105.
- Sasan Awni, Kurdistan Students Union: Some Aspects of Struggle and History, (Erbil, Ministry of Education Press, 1998), p. Majid Hassan Ali, previous source, p. 146.