Turkmen Brigades (Popular Mobilization Forces)

The Turkmen Brigades are Iraqi Turkmen militias formed as part of the Popular Mobilization Forces in 2014.

Turkmen Brigades
Flag of the Turkmen Brigades
Leaders	Seyyid Yılmaz Neccaroğlu (Supervisor) Şehbaz Yılmaz Neccaroğlu[1] (Commander) Fatih Yıldın[2] (Field commander)
Spokesman	Seyyid Ali al-Husseini[3]
Dates of operation	2014–present[4]
Country	Iraq
Allegiance	Iraq
Group(s)	Badr Organization (16th Brigade) Bashir Regiment Sayyid al-Shuhada 52nd Brigade Taza Regiment 92nd Brigade Talafar Regiment Brigade of Imam Hussein
Active regions	Saladin Governorate Kirkuk Governorate Nineveh Governorate Al Anbar Governorate
Size	30,000 (2016)
Part of	Popular Mobilization Forces
Allies	Quwat al-Shaheed al-Sadr[5] al-Abbas Combat Division[6] Peshmerga (only against ISIS)[7] Iraqi Turkmen Front
Opponents	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Peshmerga (sometimes)[8] White Flags
Battles and wars	Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) Siege of Amirli Second Battle of Fallujah Battle of Ramadi (2015–16) Second Battle of Tikrit Battle of Mosul (2016) Hawija Offensive

The group's commander, Sayyed Yilmaz Najar, rejected proposals for a unified Turkmen militia from the Pro-Turkey group, the Iraqi Turkmen Front. Najar cited his reason for rejecting the proposal as his group having both Shia and Sunni Turkmen, whereas the Iraqi Turkmen Front is exclusively Sunni.^[9]

On 25 September 2016, 16th Brigade announced that the militias would participate in the Hawija Offensive.^[10]

References

1. Yılmaz Şehbaz Neccaroğlu 16. Türkmen Tugayı Komutanı açıkladı: "2014'ün Haziran ayı itibariyle terör örgütü IŞİD işgali altında bulunan Türkmen şehri Telafer'i IŞİD'den temizlemek için Irak merkezi hükümetine bağlı olan Halk Gönüllü Teşkilatlar Genel Komutanlığı tarafından 16. Türkmen Tugayı görevlendirildi. En yakın zamanda operasyon başlayacaktır. Telafer ve çevresindeki Türkmen köyleri Türkmenlerin kendi elleriyle kurtalacak. Telaferlilerin en yakın zamanda kendi evlerine dönmeleri için çalışmalar başlatılacaktır." ^{[user-generated source]}
2. Son Dakika:Irak Türkmeneli Projesi Onaylandı Gizli Kararlar Açıklanmadı Archived 2018-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
3. http://www.tasnimnews.com/ar/news/2016/10/20/1216412/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%84-%D8%AC%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%AA%D8%AC%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8D-%D9%84%D8%A7-%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%AA%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%A7 اردوغان ارسل جيشه الى العراق تجنبا لانقلاب ثانٍ.. لا حاجة للتركمان بتركيا
4. "التركمان يشاركون في معركة تحرير تكريت بلواء من 4 آلاف مقاتل". Almada. 23 March 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
5. "تخرج دفعة اولى من قوات الشهيد الصدر في طوزخورماتو وكركوك تتولى مهمة الدفاع عن المناطق التركمانية". 12 May 2015.
6. "Wr-news.net".
7. "كركوك نا". Kirkuknow. 16 September 2018. Archived from the original on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
8. "البياتي : البيشمركة تعتدي على أفراد من الحشد الشعبي التركماني في طوزخورماتو". Archived from the original on 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2018-07-08.
9. "Iraqi Turkmen to take part in Mosul attack". AA. 5 September 2015.
10. "بالفيديو: لواء 16 الحشد الشعبي قوة التركمان تعلن استعدادها الكامل للمشاركة في عمليات تحريرى الحويجة". WR news. 25 September 2016.