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Turkmens:
an ethnic group at the center of the Syrian conflict (DW)
February 22, 2020. 15:37
Turkey is involved in Syria in order to
stop deaths and displacement, speaker of the Syrian Turkmen Assembly said
on Saturday.
In an interview
with Anadolu Agency, Muhammed Vecih Cuma said that the continuing
attacks by Assad regime and its allies in Idlib, Syria, have led to
the region's "biggest humanitarian crisis".
He said that
nearly four million people in the region were expecting help.
"One
million of them are displaced from their homes and have lost their families,"
Cuma said. "While some of them live in tents, others, unfortunately, try
to survive under trees. Turkey helps them."
Established in
2012, the Syrian Turkmen Assembly is a coalition of Syrian Turkmen
political parties.
Syrian Turkmen,
or simply Syrian Turks, are Syrian citizens of Turkish origin who trace their
roots to Anatolia. The majority of them are the descendants of migrants who
arrived in Syria during Ottoman rule.