United Freedom Forces

This article is about an expatriate Turkish militia in the Syrian Civil War. For the United Liberation Forces of Oromia, see Oromo people.
United Freedom Forces
Birleşik Özgürlük Güçleri
Leaders
  • Ulaş Bayraktaroğlu † (chief commander)[1]
  • Bayram Ali (Spokesperson)[2]
  • Aziz Güler † (Commander)
Dates of operationDecember 2014 – present
IdeologyRevolutionary socialism
Political positionFar-left
StatusActive
Part of International Freedom Battalion
Allies Kurdistan Workers' Party
People's Protection Units
Opponents Islamic State
 Turkey
Battles and warsSyrian Civil War
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Websitewww.ozgurlukgucleri.org

The United Freedom Forces (Turkish: Birleşik Özgürlük Güçleri, or BÖG) is a joint expatriate militia of several revolutionary socialist organizations from Turkey, most notably the Revolutionary Communard Party (DKP), active in the Rojava conflict of the Syrian Civil War.

Inspired by the International Brigades of the Spanish Civil War, the militia was founded in December 2014 in Kobanê within the de facto autonomous region of Rojava in Syria.[3]

The predominant Hoxhaist Marxist–Leninist Communist Party and the Maoist TİKKO did not join the United Freedom Forces, but together with other communist groups from Turkey, Spain and Greece, in June 2015, they altogether formed the International Freedom Battalion.

  1. ^ Sinan Deniz (10 May 2017). "BÖG Chief Commander martyred in Raqqa operation". ANF News. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  2. ^ "BÖG Sözcüsü Bayram Ali Kurtuluş BBC muhabirleri ile röportaj yapıyor". 28 January 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Kadın Özgürlük Gücü kuruldu". Hawar Haber Ajansı. 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2015.