The Syrian Turkmen Assembly 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 to reconcile the two major Turkmen parties Syria Turkmen Bloc and the Syrian Democratic Turkmen Movement.
The Al-Rai Council in Syria
Syrian Turkmen are Syrian citizens of Turkish origin who mainly trace their roots to Anatolia. Turkish-speaking Syrian Turkmen make up the third largest ethnic group in the country, after the Arabs and Kurds respectively.
A Mamluk from Aleppo.
Syria came under Ottoman rule once Selim I conquered the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt in 1516–17.
Subhi Barakat, of Turkish origin, was the first President of Syria.
Of Turkish origin, Khalil Mardam Bey was the composer of the Syrian National Anthem.