Syrian Turkmen Group Explained

Syrian Turkmen Group
Native Name:Suriye Türkmenler Birliği
Lang1:Arabic
Leader:Bekir Atacan
Merged:Syria Turkmen Bloc
Headquarters:Turkey
Ideology:Syrian Turkmens' interests
Turkish nationalism
National:Syrian National Council
Country:Syria

The Syrian Turkmen Group (Turkish: Suriye Türkmenler Birliği) was an early opposition movement of Syrian Turkmens. Founded in 2011 by prominent Syrian Turkmens and 180 Syrian Turkmen in Turkey, it was led by Bekir Atacan. In late 2011, it joined forces with the preexisting Syrian Turkmen Movement to form the larger Syria Turkmen Bloc, which was officially established in February 2012.

Amidst the merger phase, they however suffered a split, with both leaders of the constituent organizations, the 's Bekir Atacan and the 's Ali Öztürkmen, leaving to launch yet another activism-based movement, the Syrian Democratic Turkmen Movement.

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