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Bayırbucak  Bayirbucak Location of Bayirbucak in Syria Bayirbucak (Turkish: Bayırbucak) is a region in the Latakia District of the northern Latakia Governorate in northwestern Syria. There is a considerable Syrian Turkmen presence in the area who have strong cultural and historical ties with Turkey.[1][2] Bayirbucak's most distinctive mountain is Turkmen Mountain (Arabic: جبل تركمان; Jabal Turkman,[3] Turkish: Türkmen Dağı) EtymologyBayirbucak is a Turkish exonym, and not the official name for the region, which is Al-Rabiaa subdistrict. The word Bayırbucak comes from two different words in Turkish: bayır (en: hillside) and bucak (en: district). According to Ottoman archival documents, Bayir was the official name of the district (nahiye) in the Ottoman period.[4] Notable eventsOn 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 a Turkmen rebel militia in Bayirbucak. One Russian pilot was killed by Turkmen forces under the command of Alparslan Çelik.[5][6][7] Heavy Russian aerial bombardments during the 2015–16 Latakia offensive resulted in a very difficult situation in the Bayirbucak Turkmen regions, causing almost all Syrian Turkmens to flee the region to Turkey. The Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad began a policy of settling Alawites into the houses of Turkmen civilians who had fled the region.[8] References
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