Syrian Turkmen Group

Syrian Turkmen Group Suriye Türkmenler Birliği
Leader	Bekir Atacan
Founded	2011 (2011)
Dissolved	15 February 2012 (2012-02-15)
Merged into	Syria Turkmen Bloc
Headquarters	Turkey
Ideology	Syrian Turkmens' interests Turkish nationalism
National affiliation	Syrian National Council
Politics of Syria Political parties Elections

The Syrian Turkmen Group (Turkish: Suriye Türkmenler Birliği) was an early opposition movement of Syrian Turkmens. Founded in 2011 by prominent Syrian Turkmens and 180 Syrian Turkmen in Turkey, it was led by Bekir Atacan. In late 2011, it joined forces with the preexisting Syrian Turkmen Movement to form the larger Syria Turkmen Bloc, which was officially established in February 2012.

Amidst the merger phase, they however suffered a split, with both leaders of the constituent organizations, the Group's Bekir Atacan and the Syrian Turkmen Movement's Ali Öztürkmen, leaving to launch yet another activism-based movement, the Syrian Democratic Turkmen Movement.

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Bibliography

• ORSAM, ed. (March 2013). Syrian Turkmens: Political Movements and Military Structure (PDF). ORSAM–Middle Eastern Turkmen Report. Vol. 22 (= ORSAM Report No. 150). Ankara. ISBN 978-605-4615-47-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link)