Turkmen Mountain
Turkmen Mountain is a mountain range in the north of the Latakia region of Syria, in the area called Bayırbucak locally in Turkish, neighboring the Turkish border. The mountain range runs along the eastern length of Latakia Governorate. The area is mostly inhabited by Syrian Turkmen people and has seen military activity by the Syrian Army and Russian air strikes in late 2015. Close to 300,000 Turkmens have been displaced since the start of the Syrian Civil War, especially in The Turkmens mountains, where the Government enacted a demographic change by forcing the last remaining Turkmen families to leave to Turkey, and settled Alawite families in the areas controlled by government forces.
Two Turkish F-16s shot down one of two Russian Su-24 fighter jets in Syria on 24 November 2015. Both pilots ejected safely, however one pilot was killed by Turkmen forces.The villages and places in Turkmen Mountain
45 hill, Acısu, Avanlı, Burc Keseb, Celiliyye, Çardaklı, Çümeyren, Dağmışlı, Dervişhan, Derhanne, Fırınlık, Gebelli, Gımam, Göğdağ, Hancağız, Kantara, Kelez, Kepir, Kırıkaltı tepesi, Kızıldağ, Kulcuk, Milikli, Murtlu, Nisipin, Pınar Almer, Rabia, Salma, Saray, Şems, Tel Zahiye, Yertilik tepesi, Zuveyik.
