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Turkmen Brigades (Popular Mobilization Forces)

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Turkmen Brigades
Leaders
Dates of operation2014 – present[3]
Country Iraq
Allegiance Iraq
Group(s)
  • 16th Brigade
    • Bashir Regiment
    • Sayyid al-Shuhada
  • 52nd Brigade
    • Taza Regiment
  • 92nd Brigade
    • Talafar Regiment
  • Brigade of Imam Hussein
Active regions
Part ofPopular Mobilization Forces
Battles and warsIraqi Civil War (2014-present)

The Turkmen Brigades are Iraqi Turkmen militias as part of the Popular Mobilization Forces formed in 2014.

The group's commander, Said Yilmaz Najar, rejected proposals of an unified Turkmen militia from the Iraqi Turkmen Front, saying that his group has both Shia and Sunni Turkmen.[4]

On 25 September 2016, 16th Brigade has announced that the militias will participate the Hawija Offensive.[5]

References

  1. ^ [1] Yılmaz Şehbaz Neccaroğlu 16. Türkmen Tugayı Komutanı açıkladı: "2014'ün Haziran ayı itibariyle terör örgütü IŞİD işgali altında bulunan Türkmen şehri Telafer'i IŞİD'den temizlemek için Irak merkezi hükümetine bağlı olan Halk Gönüllü Teşkilatlar Genel Komutanlığı tarafından 16. Türkmen Tugayı görevlendirildi. En yakın zamanda operasyon başlayacaktır. Telafer ve çevresindeki Türkmen köyleri Türkmenlerin kendi elleriyle kurtalacak. Telaferlilerin en yakın zamanda kendi evlerine dönmeleri için çalışmalar başlatılacaktır."
  2. ^ [2] اردوغان ارسل جيشه الى العراق تجنبا لانقلاب ثانٍ.. لا حاجة للتركمان بتركيا
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference tugay was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Iraqi Turkmen to take part in Mosul attack". AA. 5 September 2015.
  5. ^ "بالفيديو: لواء 16 الحشد الشعبي قوة التركمان تعلن استعدادها الكامل للمشاركة في عمليات تحريرى الحويجة". WR news. 25 September 2016.