Suriye ve Türkmenler
It is known that starting from the 7th
century, Oghuz tribes raiders began to appear in Iraq and Syria and that intensive Turkish migrations took place in the 10th
and 11th
centuries.
The first Turks to come to the region in 1064 were Hanoğlu Harun Bey, the son of Tamgaç Khan, the ruler of the Western Branch of the Karakhanids, and about 1000 horsemen Oghuz loyal to him.
The Oghuz tribes that settled in Syria advanced in two branches.
Bayat Avşar Beğdili Döğer tribes belonging to the Bozoks; The Yüreğir, Yıva, Kınık, Bayındır, Salur and Eymür tribes belonging to the Üçok branch settled in the west of the Ansariye Mountains in the direction of Latakia and Tripoli in the Aleppo, Hama, Homs and Damascus region.
35 million Turkmens, which constitute approximately 16% of the population in Syria, live in Aleppo, Homs, Hama, Latakia (Bayır Bucak), Damascus, Quneytra and Raqqa.
Let us not forget that those living in settlements close to the bo Show More
