Syrian Turkmen Assembly
| Suriye Türkmen Meclisi | |
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| Motto |
Onur ve Özgürlük Mücadelesi (Fighting for Dignity and Freedom) |
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| Formation | 15 December 2012 |
| Purpose | Represent Turkmens in Syria Providing the protection of Turkmen settlements and regions from Syrian Regime, ISIL, and YPG |
| Headquarters | Istanbul |
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Region served
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Syria |
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Membership
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360 delegates (39 in administrative board) |
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Secretary General
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Emin Bozoğlan |
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President
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Abdurrahman Mustafa |
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Deputy President and Minister of Foreign Affairs
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Zeki Mustafa Türkmen |
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Deputy President
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Tarık Sulo Cevizci |
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Minister of Financial Affairs
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Mehmet Sulo Türkhan |
| Subsidiaries |
Syrian Turkmen National Bloc Syrian Democratic Turkmen Movement Syrian Turkmen Brigades |
| Website | www |
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Formerly called
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Syrian Turkmen Platform (Suriye Türkmenleri Platformu) |
The Syrian Turkmen Assembly (Turkish: Suriye Türkmen Meclisi, Arabic: المجلس السوري التركماني) is a coalition of Syrian Turkmen political parties and groups representing Syrian Turkmens in the Syrian National Council and the Syrian National Coalition. It was established in December 2012 under the name Syrian Turkmen Platform (Suriye Türkmenleri Platformu) to reconcile the two major Turkmen parties Syria Turkmen Bloc and the Syrian Democratic Turkmen Movement.
The military wing of the assembly is Syrian Turkmen Brigades, and they are against the partition of Syria after the collapse of the Ba'ath government and they are protecting the Turkmen settlements and regions from Syrian Regime, ISIL, and YPG, while participating in various offensives and sieges and also carrying out attacks on strategical positions for Turkmens and Turkey.
The assembly has been officially representing Syrian Turkmens in ongoing Geneva peace talks on Syria as an official diplomatic part of the Syrian Opposition with Turkmen delegates.
The first meeting of Syrian Turkmen Assembly was held in Istanbul on 15 December 2012, and the participants asserted that there is an inequity toward the Syrian Turkmens by the opposition forces as they do not give more seats in the Syrian National Coalition. They decided to meet and select the representatives of the assembly in the next meeting, and at the end of the first meeting, the common decision of Syrian Turkmen Assembly was declared: "Regardless of any ethnic or religious identity, a future in which everybody can be able to live commonly under the identity of Syrian is targeted in the future of Syria."
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