| Syrian Turkmen
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| Total population |
unknown (estimated 1,500,000) |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Latakia, Hama, Homs |
| Languages |
| Turkish, Arabic |
| Religions |
| Predominately Islam |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Other Turkish people, Oghuz Turks, Iraqi Turkmen |
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Syrian Turkmen or Syrian Turkomen[1] are Syrian citizens of Oghuz Turkish descent, who had been living in the Syrian province of the Ottoman Empire before its dissolution and continue to live in the modern country of Syria. Latakia or Latakiyah (اللاذقية Al-Ladhiqiyah, Λαοδικεία transliterated as Laodicea, Laodikeia or Laodiceia, Hama (ancient Hamath; Arabic: حماة meaning fortress is a city on the banks of the Orontes river in central Syria north of For military actions near the city see Battle of Homs. Homs ( حمص,, anciently called Emesa (ἡ Ἔμεσα or "La Chamelle" Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. 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The major cities with notable Turkmen populations are Latakia, Hama and Homs. Latakia or Latakiyah (اللاذقية Al-Ladhiqiyah, Λαοδικεία transliterated as Laodicea, Laodikeia or Laodiceia, Hama (ancient Hamath; Arabic: حماة meaning fortress is a city on the banks of the Orontes river in central Syria north of For military actions near the city see Battle of Homs. Homs ( حمص,, anciently called Emesa (ἡ Ἔμεσα or "La Chamelle" The language spoken by the Turkmen of Syria is close to Standard Turkish. Turkish ( tr Türkçe IPA) is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. However, a high number of Turkmen integrated into the mainstream Syrian society adopt Arabic as their primary language. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language
History
Long before the Islamic era, the Huns overrun Syria and Iraq (391 - 400 AD). The Huns were an early confederation of Central Asian equestrian nomads or semi-nomads with a Turkic core of aristocracy For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iraq topics. The Turks were founded in large numbers in the Sasanian Iraq and Syria. The Turkish people (Türk Halkı also known as " Turks " ( Türkler) are defined mainly as being speakers of Turkish as a First language The Turkmen of Syria appear in the history as an important factor in the Crusade wars during the reign of the Seljuk Empire. The Crusades were a series of military campaigns of a religious character waged by much of Christian Europe against external and internal opponents The Great Seljuq Empire was a Medieval Sunni Muslim empire established by the Qynyq branch of Oghuz Turks that once controlled They founded the Syrian Seljuk (1092 – 1117) and the Atabakian state in Aleppo (1104). Thereafter a large number of Turkmen entered Syria during the Turko-Mongol conquest and Ottoman Turkmen after Malazgirt battle in 1071.
See also
References and notes
- ^ This article uses material from tr:Suriye Türkleri. The Oghuz (variously known as Ghuzz, Guozz, Kuz, Oguz, Oğuz, Okuz, Oufoi, Ouz, Ouzoi, The term Turkish diaspora (Türk diyasporası refers to the estimated population of Turkish people in the world migrated outside of Turkey.
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