Most live near the Syrian-Turkish border, in an area that runs from the northwestern governorates of Idlib and Aleppo to the Raqqa Governorate. Syrian Turkmen share common genealogical and linguistic ties with Turkish people in Turkey and Iraqi Turkmen, but do not identify themselves with the Turkmen of Turkmenistan and Central Asia. The majority of Syrian Turkmen are Sunni Muslims. those who no longer speak their mother tongue) are taken into account, then they form the second largest group in the country.
Some estimates indicate that if Arabized Turkmen (i.e. Today, Turkish-speaking Syrian Turkmen make up the third largest ethnic group in the country, after the Arabs and Kurds respectively. 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. Syrian Turkmen (also referred to as Syrian Turkomans, Turkish Syrians, or simply Syrian Turks or Turks of Syria) ( Arabic: تركمان سوريا, Turkish: Suriye Türkmenleri or Suriye Türkleri), are Syrian citizens of Turkish origin who mainly trace their roots to Anatolia (i.e. Predominately Sunni Islam, minority Alevis
The cyan color on the flag symbolizes Turkic origin, red – the blood of the martyrs, white – human values. Flag of Syrian Turkmen adopted at the congress of the Syrian Turkmen Assembly in Al-Rai.
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