| Suriye Türkmen Meclisi | |
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| Formation | 15 December 2012[1] |
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| Purpose |
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| Headquarters | Al-Rai, Syria |
Region served | Syria |
Membership | 360 delegates (39 in administrative board) |
Secretary General | Darin Berry |
President | Abdurrahman Mustafa |
Deputy President and Minister of Foreign Affairs | Zeki Mustafa Türkmen |
Deputy President | Tarık Sulo Cevizci |
Minister of Financial Affairs | Mehmet Sulo Türkhan |
| Subsidiaries | Syrian Turkmen National Bloc Syrian Democratic Turkmen Movement Syrian Turkmen Brigades |
| Website | Official Website |
Formerly called | Syrian Turkmen Platform (Suriye Türkmenleri Platformu) |
The Syrian Turkmen Assembly (Turkish: Suriye Türkmen Meclisi, Arabic: المجلس السوري التركماني) is a coalition of Syrian Turkmen political parties and groups representing Syrian Turkmens in the Syrian National Council and the Syrian National Coalition.[2][3] It was established in December 2012 under the name Syrian Turkmen Platform (Suriye Türkmenleri Platformu) to reconcile the two major Turkmen parties Syria Turkmen Bloc and the Syrian Democratic Turkmen Movement.
The military wing of the assembly is the Syrian Turkmen Brigades, and they are against the partition of Syria after the collapse of the Ba'athist government and they are protecting the Turkmen settlements and regions from the Syrian al-Assad government, ISIL, and the YPG, while participating in various offensives and sieges and also carrying out attacks on strategical positions for Turkmens and Turkey.[4] [needs update]
The assembly has been officially represented Syrian Turkmens in Geneva peace talks on Syria in 2016 as an official diplomatic part of the Syrian Opposition with Turkmen delegates.
- ^ Turkmen demands are key to protecting Syria’s territorial integrity, Today's Zaman, 24 March 2013. "The first meeting of the Syrian Turkmen Platform was hosted by the Turkish Foreign Ministry in İstanbul on Dec. 15, 2012."
- ^ ORSAM 2013, p. 13.
- ^ Jamestown Foundation, Syrian Turkmen Join Opposition Forces in Pursuit of a New Syrian Identity, 30 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/51ac74374.html [accessed 8 August 2013]
- ^ Turkmen seek key positions in new Syrian cabinet, Asianet, Globalpost, 3 April 2013.