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- Turkic peoples
- Native language
- Arabic
- Religion
- Sunni Islam
- Country
- Syria
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Syrian Turkmen, also referred to as Syrian Turks (Arabic: تركمان سوريا, romanized: Turkumān Sūriyā; Turkish: Suriye Türkmenleri) are Syrian citizens of Turkish origin who mainly trace their roots to Anatolia (i.e. modern Turkey). Turkish-speaking Syrian Turkmen make up the a minority ethnic group in the country.
The majority of Syrian Turkmen are the descendants of migrants who arrived in Syria during Ottoman rule (1516–1918); however, there are also many Syrian Turkmen who are the descendants of earlier Turkish settlers that arrived during the Seljuk (1037–1194) and Mamluk (1250–1517) periods. The majority of Syrian Turkmen are Sunni Muslims.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Syrian Turkmen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.