Syrian Turkmens (also referred to as Syrian Turkoman or Syrian Turks) (Turkish:Suriye Türkleri) are Syrian citizens of Turkic heritage and identity. They and their ancestors have lived in present-day Syria since Seljuk times in the 11th century.
During the Syrian Civil War, the Turkmen population of Syria have been involved in military actions against Syrian government forces and have looked to Turkey for support and protection. More recently, they united under one official governing body, the Syrian Turkmen Assembly and created the military wing of the assembly, the Syrian Turkmen Brigades, to protect Turkmen regions and population and prevent ethnic changes in them.
History
Turkmens have had a presence in Syria since the 11th century, when nomadic Turkmen tribes immigrated to the area from Anatolia and Mesopotamia. By the 12th century, the Turkmens became a power in Syria and Imad ad-Din Zengi, founder of the Turkic Zengid dynasty, settled Turkmens in the wilayah of Aleppo to confront the Crusaders. In return for their military service, Zengi distributed fiefs in the area to the Turkmens. By the 13th century, Turkmens formed a part of the armies of Damascus and Aleppo. They lived in the districts of the latter, including a suburb of the city itself called al-Hadir al-Sulaymani. In addition, they had a presence on the Syrian coast and in the Jawlan. After the Bahri sultan of the Mamluks, Baibars, destroyed Qara he settled Turkmens in the town in 1265. Two years later he settled more Turkmens in the Syrian coast to protect the region. The Turkmen were called on to assist in the capture of al-Marqab by the Muslim commander of the Krak des Chevaliers in 1280. The late Mamluk-era writer al-Qalqashandi noted that Turkmens formed contingents in the regular armies of greater Syria. The 15th-century Muslim writer Khalil az-Zahiri recorded 180,000 Turkmen soldiers in these armies, as well as 20,000 Kurds.
LATAKIA, Syria (AA) – Ethnic Turkmen in Syria are rejoicing at the opportunity to return to their homes after the fall of the Assad regime. Speaking to Anadolu, Turkmen Ziyad ... We’re Turkmen.
...Syrian territory for itself, and to reward the Turkmen and Uyghur fighters, which it recruited from central Asia, with land inside Syria, displacing the existing population with one loyal to Turkiye.
Following Assad's toppling, locals - mostly Syrian Turkmen driven out to nearby villages during the construction of the resort - entered the area for the first time since the Assad family built it 50 years ago.
One Syrian pro-opposition account criticized the man, saying, “A stupid and ignorant man named Walid Handawi, originally from Keljibrin, who acquired Turkish citizenship... Another user who quoted the post added, “This man is a Syrian Turkmen.
One Syrian pro-opposition account criticized the man, saying, “A stupid and ignorant man named Walid Handawi, originally from Keljibrin, who acquired Turkish citizenship... Another user who quoted the post added, “This man is a Syrian Turkmen.
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“Ansar al-Islam,” which started its operations in Syria in 2014, has been active in the Kurdish and Turkmen mountains, fighting Syrian regime forces and their allies ... This article was translated and edited by The Syrian Observer.
He pointed to certain instances from Syrian history, mentioning that some communities have carried labels related to their roots for centuries, such as the Turkmen who stayed in Arab countries after ...
Fatima Kojegit, a Syrian Turkmen woman currently living in Ankara, married a Turkish man about three years ago and has a two-and-a-half-year-old child ... Birivan Ayoub – A young Syrian woman residing in Germany ... Fatima – A Syrian woman living in Turkey.
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