Operation Shah Euphrates

Operation Shah Euphrates
Part of Foreign Involvement in the Syrian Civil War, Turkey–ISIL conflict and Turkish military intervention in Syria
Location
36°N 38°E / 36°N 38°E / 36; 38
Commanded byTurkey Gen. Necdet Özel
Date22 February 2015
Executed by Turkey
People's Protection Units[1]
  • Tomb of Süleyman Shah was transferred
  • Turkish soldiers were evacuated
  • Casualties1 soldier (non-combat)
    The tomb in 1921.

    Operation Shah Euphrates (Turkish: Şah Fırat Operasyonu) was an operation by the Turkish military to relocate the tomb of Suleyman Shah in Syria conducted on 21/22 February 2015. The tomb, which was positioned inside Turkey's only foreign enclave,[2] had been surrounded by self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) forces for over 4 months.[3] Due to the presence of ISIS, the exclaves garrison was recently raised from eleven Turkish soldiers to thirty eight.[4]

    1. ^ Taştekin, Fehim; Muslim, Salih (November 27, 2016), Why Turkey issued arrest warrant for this Kurdish leader, archived from the original on November 28, 2016
    2. ^ Akkoc, Raziye. "Who is Suleyman Shah and why is his tomb so important?". Telegraph. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
    3. ^ Kiford, Chris (2 March 2015). "Operation Shah Euphrates -- a short military analysis". Today's Zarman. Archived from the original on 26 March 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
    4. ^ Aktar, Cengiz. "The spectre of Suleyman Shah". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2021-12-09.