Bayırbucak
Bayirbucak (Turkish: Bayırbucak) is a region in northwestern of Syria that has a long border with Turkey. The region has a dominant Syrian Turkmen majority and has both strong cultural and historical ties with Turkey and Turks in Turkey.[1][2]
Bayirbucak's most distinctive mountain is Turkmen Mountain (Arabic transliteration: Jabal Al-Turkman, Turkish: Türkmen Dağı).[3]
Etymology
Bayirbucak has a Turkish origin. The word Bayırbucak comes from two different words in Turkish: bayır (en: hillside) and bucak (en: district). This name reflects the characteristic of the region.
Villages in Bayirbucak
45-hill, Acısu, Avanlı, Burc Keseb, Celiliyye, Çardaklı, Dağmışlı (Dağmışliye), Dervişhan, Deyr Hanna, Fırınlık, Gebelli, Gımam, Khadra (tr: Göğdağ, Gökdağ), Hancağız, Kantara, Kelez, Kepir, Kızıldağ, Kulcuk, Milikli, Murtlu, Nisipin, Kırıkaltı tepesi, Pınar Almer, Rabia, Salma, Saray, Tel Zahiye, Zuveyik (Zuveyk, Ez Ziveyik).[1][3][4]
Notable events
On 24 November, 2015, two Turkish F-16s shot down one of two Russian Su-24 fighter jets, which violated Turkish airspace while in an operation to attack militia in Bayirbucak. One Russian pilot was killed by Turkmen forces.[3][5][6]
Russian aerial bombardments.resulting in a very difficult situation Bayirbucak Turkmen regions
References
- 1 2 "Türkmen Dağı'nda Bayırbucak'ta neler oluyor". En Son Haber (in Turkish). 2015-11-21. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ↑ "The Turkmens of Bayırbucak". Hürriyet Daily News. 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- 1 2 3 "Türkmendağı". Kalemiyet (in Turkish). 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ↑ "Suriye ordusu, Türkmen Dağı'na girdi!". Radikal (in Turkish). 2015-11-20. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ↑ Karadeniz, Tülay & Maria Kiselyova (2015-11-25). "Turkey downs Russian warplane near Syria border, Putin warns of 'serious consequences'". Reuters. Retrieved 2015-12-13.
- ↑ "Turkey shoots down Russian jet for airspace violation near Syrian border". Hürriyet Daily News. 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2015-12-13.