page_title: Syrian Turkmen
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Syrian Turkmen / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: English: Prime Minister w:Said al-Ghazzi of Syria, at the Syrian Parliament in 1956.
context_page_description: Syrian Turkmen, are Syrian citizens of Turkish origin who mainly trace their roots to Anatolia. The majority of Syrian Turkmen are the descendants of migrants who arrived in Syria during Ottoman rule; however, there are also many Syrian Turkmen who are the descendants of earlier Turkish settlers that arrived during the Seljuk and Mamluk periods. Today, Turkish-speaking Syrian Turkmen make up the third largest ethnic group in the country, after the Arabs and Kurds respectively; some estimates indicate that if Arabized Turkmen are taken into account, then they form the second biggest group in the country. The majority of Syrian Turkmen are Sunni Muslims.
  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. Most live near the Syrian-Turkish border that runs from the northwestern governorates of Idlib and Aleppo to the northeastern governorate of Raqqa. Others reside in the Turkmen Mountain near Latakia, the city of Homs and its vicinity until Hama, Damascus, and the southwestern governorates of Dera’a and Quneitra.
context_section_description: Several Turkish families, such as the al-Atassi's (Atasi's), Bey Kanj Pasha Zadeh (Genç Yussef Pasha 1807-1811), Al-Azm, Qawuqji's, Quwwatli's (Kuvvetli's) and Shishakli's (Çiçekçi's), continued to rule Syria as Prime Ministers or Presidents. However, by the 1960s the pan-Arab Baathist movement of the Al-Assad family sidelined non-Arabs from politics.
  Akshamsaddin, Ottoman religious scholar
  Kanj Yousef Pasha Zadeh, Genç Pasha-Zadeh, Ottoman governor of Damascus state 1807-1811.
  Al-Azm family
  Abdullah Pasha al-Azm, Ottoman governor of Damascus
  As'ad Pasha al-Azm, Ottoman governor of Hama and Damascus
  Haqqi al-Azm, former prime minister of Syria
  Ibrahim bin Taher bin Ahmed Al-Azem (ar), poet and human rights activist
  Ismail Pasha al-Azm, Ottoman governor of Hama, Homs Tripoli and Damascus
  Khalid al-Azm, six-time former prime minister of Syria
  Muhammad Fawzi Pasha al-Azm (ar), first president of the first parliament in Syria
  Muhammad Pasha al-Azm, Ottoman governor of Sidon and Damascus
  Rafīq Bey al-ʿAzm, intellectual, author, and politician
  Sa'deddin Pasha al-Azm, Ottoman governor of Aleppo and Egypt (among others)
  Sadiq al-Azm (ar), traveler and Ottoman military commander
  Sadiq Jalal al-Azm, Professor Emeritus of Modern European Philosophy at the University of Damascus
  Sulayman Pasha al-Azm, Ottoman governor of Tripoli, Sidon and Damascus
  Adel al-Azma, Politician
  Bashir al-Azma,  Prime Minister of Syria (1962)
  Nabih Al-Azma, Minister of Interior in Jordan (1925)
  Yasser al-Azma, Actor
  Yusuf al-'Azma, Minister of War in Syria (1920)
  Aziz al-Azmeh
  Subhi Barakat, first President of Syria (1922-1925)
  Burhan Asaf Belge, Turkish politician
  Ghada Mardam Bey, First program director on Syrian TV
  Jamil Mardam Bey, Prime Minister of Syria (1936-1939)
  Khalil Mardam Bey, Composer of the Syrian National Anthem
  Salma Mardam Bey, Writer
  Mohammed al-Bezm (ar), Poet
  Cemil Bilsel, Turkish politician and academic
  Emin Bozoğlan, Second President of the Syrian Turkmen Assembly (2016–present)
  Mehmed Fuad Carim, Turkish politician
  Thanaa Debsi, Actress
  Tharaa Debsi, Actress
  Mohammad Emadi, Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade
  Nadia al-Ghazzi, Lawyer, writer, TV presenter
  Said al-Ghazzi, Prime Minister of Syria (in 1954 and 1955–56)
  Sati' al-Husri, writer
  Mennel Ibtissem, singer (contestant on The Voice France)
  Sami Sabit Karaman, General of the Turkish army
  Khaled Khoja, President of the Syrian National Coalition (2015-2016)
  Mehmet Muhittin Kurtiş, Turkish soldier
  Sanharib Malki, football player
  Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, Polymath
  Ghaith Mofeed, artist
  Abdurrahman Mustafa, First President of the Syrian Turkmen Assembly (2012-2016)
  Huda Naamani, Feminist writer
  Mustafa Naima, Ottoman historian
  Ahmad Nami, second President of Syria (1926-1928) and Ottoman damat
  Mahmud Kâmil Pasha, General of the Ottoman army
  Zeki Pasha, Ottoman Turkish field marshal
  Abu Khalil Qabbani, playwright and composer
  Nizar Qabbani, diplomat, poet and publisher
  Sabah Qabbani, Ambassador of Syria to the United States (1974–1981)
  children:
  Rana Kabbani, Syrian cultural historian
  Shukri al-Quwatli, First president of post-independence Syria (1943–1949) and (1955–1958).
  Aliye Rona, Turkish actress
  Reşit Ronabar, Ottoman governor and Turkish politician
  Suleyman Shah
  Hala Shawkat, Actress.
  Adib Shishakli, Prime Minister and President of Syria (1953–1954)
  Talal Silo, former Syrian Democratic Forces spokesperson.
  Adil Şan, Singer
  Mehmet Şandır (tr), Turkish politician
  Pakize Tarzi, Turkey's first female gynaecologist
  Mustafa Tlass, Syrian Minister of Defense in (1972-2004)
  children:
  Manaf Tlass, former Brigadier General
  Firas Tlass, business tycoon
  Hasan Turkmani. Minister of Defense (2004-2009)
  children:
  Bilal Turkmani, owner of the Syrian weekly Abyad wa Aswad
  Rim Turkmani, astrophysicist
  Refi Cevat Ulunay (tr), Turkish writer
  Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Prime Minister of Turkey (1965)
  Necdet Yılmaz (tr), Turkish politician
  Husni al-Za'im, President of Syria (1949)
  Muhammed Habes, Jarabulus Civilian Council President (since August 2016)
  Ahmed Othman, Old SAA colonel, leader of Sult
caption: Of Turkish origin, Said al-Ghazzi was the Prime Minister of Syria in 1954 and then in 1955-56.[90]
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