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16th Turkmen Brigade

Turkmen Brigades
Active 2014–present
Allegiance  Iraq
Groups
  • 16th Brigade
    • Bashir Regiment
    • Sayyid al-Shuhada
  • 52nd Brigade
    • Taza Regiment
  • 92nd Brigade
    • Talafar Regiment
  • Brigade of Imam Hussein
Leaders
  • Seyyid Yılmaz Neccaroğlu
    (Supervisor)
  • Şehbaz Yılmaz Neccaroğlu
    (Commander)
  • Seyyid Ali al-Husseini
    (Spokesman)
  • Fatih Yıldın
    (Field commander)
Area of operations
Strength 30,000 (2016)
Part of Popular Mobilization Forces
Battles and wars

Iraqi Civil War (2014-present)


Iraqi 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.

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


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