Bayırbucak
Sign in to saveBayirbujak (; ), also known as West Turkmeneli (), is a region in northwestern Syria. It is viewed as the Syrian Turkmen homeland. Bayırbucak is divided into Bayır and Bucak, and includes the main settlements of Kessab, Ras al-Bassit, Umm al-Tuyour, Burj al-Islam, Ghimam, as well as the Turkmen Mountain region. Bayırbucak borders Hatay Province to the north, Jabal al-Akrad to the east, Latakia city to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea in the west.
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Bayirbujak (; ), also known as West Turkmeneli (), is a region in northwestern Syria. It is viewed as the Syrian Turkmen homeland. Bayırbucak is divided into Bayır and Bucak, and includes the main settlements of Kessab, Ras al-Bassit, Umm al-Tuyour, Burj al-Islam, Ghimam, as well as the Turkmen Mountain region. Bayırbucak borders Hatay Province to the north, Jabal al-Akrad to the east, Latakia city to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea in the west.
==Etymology== Bayırbucak is a Turkish exonym, and not the official name for the region, which is Al-Rabiaa subdistrict. The word Bayırbucak comes from two different words in Turkish: bayır (en: hillside) and bucak (en: district). According to Ottoman archival documents, Bayir was the official name of the district (nahiye) in the Ottoman period. It is sometimes referred to as West Turkmeneli to distinguish from the Iraqi Turkmen homeland, known as East Turkmeneli.
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