Sultan Murad Division

Sultan Murad Division
Sultan Murat Tümeni/فرقة السلطان مراد Participant in the Syrian Civil War
Flag used by the division
Active	23 March 2013—present
Ideology	Islamic democracy, Neo-Ottomanism,Turkish nationalism
Groups	Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror Brigade Sultan Murad Brigade Alparslan Special Forces Martyr Zaki Turkmani Brigade Ashbal Akida Brigade Hamza and Abbas Brigade Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah Brigade Yarmouk Regiment 1st Regiment Turkmen Martyrs Brigade Sultan Malik-Shah Brigade Suleyman-Shah Brigade
Leaders	Col. Ahmad Othman (Ahmet Osman) Fahim Eissa (Fehim İsa) Ali Şeyh Salih  (DOW)
Headquarters	Bustan al-Basha, Aleppo, Syria (Destroyed in November 2016)
Area of operations	Aleppo Governorate
Strength	1,300 (2013) 550+ (2016)
Part of	Free Syrian Army Syrian Turkmen Brigades Fatah Halab Mare' Operations Room Hawar Kilis Operations Room
Allies	Turkey Ahrar al-Sham
Opponents	Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Democratic Forces Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Battles and wars	Syrian Civil War Battle of Aleppo (2012–present) Northern Aleppo offensive (February 2016) Northern Aleppo offensive (March-June 2016) Battle of al-Rai (August 2016) Turkish military intervention in Syria Jarabulus offensive (2016) Battle of Jarabulus (2016) Northern al-Bab offensive (2016) Dabiq offensive (2016) Battle of al-Bab
Website	http://sultanmurattumeni.com

1,300 (2013)

Free Syrian Army

Syrian Civil War

The Sultan Murad Division (Arabic: فرقة السلطان مراد‎‎; Firqat al-Sultan Murad, Turkish: Sultan Murat Tümeni) is an armed rebel group in the Syrian Civil War, created around Syrian Turkmen identity. They are aligned with the Syrian opposition and are heavily supported by Turkey, who provides funding and military training along with artillery and aerial support. They are the most notable group among Syrian Turkmen Brigades supported by Turkey.

Named after Ottoman Sultan Murad II, the flag of the Sultan Murad Division quotes the Shahada to express a political commitment to Islam (Islamism), while the red field symbolizes Turkish nationalism, fusioning in their core ideology of Neo-Ottomanism. Although group uses the Muslim Shahada in their flag, fighters from the group are not classified as hard-line or radical Islamists, and instead defined as an ethnicity with views ranging from secularism to Islamic democracy, in a mostly-common conservatism and Turkish nationalism.

Several commanders of the group are Ahmed Othman, Fehim İsa and Ali Şeyh Salih, who is an ethnic Arab.

The group was formed in early 2013 and mainly operates in the Aleppo Governorate, claiming to process around 1,300 fighters as of 2016 and as Turkmen participation is growing, the group reports, their numbers are increasing.

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