Syrian Democratic Turkmen Movement Suriye Demokratik Türkmen Hareketi | |
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| Arabic name | الحركة التركمانية الديمقراطية |
| Leader | Ziyad Hasan |
| Founder | Bekir Atacan, Ali Öztürkmen, Abdulkerim Ağa |
| Founded | 21 March 2012 |
| Split from | Syria Turkmen Bloc |
| Headquarters | Turkey |
| Youth wing | Youth Branch of Turkmens |
| Military wing | Syrian Turkmen Brigades (controlling the forces of Aleppo and the eastern front) |
| Ideology | Syrian Turkmens' interests Turkish nationalism Pan-Turkism Pan-Turanism Pro-Europeanism |
| National affiliation | Syrian Turkmen Assembly, Syrian National Council, Syrian National Coalition |
The Syrian Democratic Turkmen Movement (Turkish: Suriye Demokratik Türkmen Hareketi; Arabic: الحركة التركمانية الديمقراطية) is one of the two major opposition movements of Syrian Turkmens. Headquartered in Istanbul, it emerged in March 2012 from a split inmidst the foundation phase of the Syria Turkmen Bloc, which is the other major Syrian Turkmen movement.
Since another regrouping in December 2012 drove many of its more prominent members back to the Syria Turkmen Bloc, the Syrian Democratic Turkmen Movement now focusses on its stronghold in Aleppo province, where it is considered to have some leverage within the Turkmen parts of civil society. It however cooperates with the Latakia and Bayır-Bucak-focussed Bloc in the Syrian Turkmen Assembly.
The Movement is a member of the Syrian National Council and is represented in the Syrian National Coalition. Militarily, it is allied with Ali Basher's Aleppo branch of the Syrian Turkmen Brigades.