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Bayirbucak (Turkish: Bayırbucak) is a region in northwestern of Syria that has a long border with Turkey. The region has a dominant Syrian Turkmen majority and has both strong cultural and historical ties with Turkey and Turks in Turkey.
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Bayirbucak's most distinctive mountain is Turkmen Mountain (Arabic: جبل تركمان; Jabal Turkman, Turkish: Türkmen Dağı)
Etymology
Bayirbucak has a Turkish origin. The word Bayırbucak comes from two different words in Turkish: bayır (en: hillside) and bucak (en: district). This name reflects the characteristic of the region.
Villages in Bayirbucak
45-hill, Acısu, Avanlı, Burc Keseb, Celiliyye, Çardaklı, Dağmışlı (Dağmışliye), Dervişhan, Deyr Hanna, Fırınlık, Gebelli, Gımam, Khadra (tr: Göğdağ, Gökdağ), Hancağız, Kantara, Kelez, Kepir, Kızıldağ, Kulcuk, Milikli, Murtlu, Nisipin, Kırıkaltı tepesi, Pınar Almer, Rabia, Salma, Saray, Tel Zahiye, Zuveyik (Zuveyk, Ez Ziveyik).
Notable events
On 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 militia in Bayirbucak. One Russian pilot was killed by Turkmen forces.
Russian aerial bombardments.resulting in a very difficult situation Bayirbucak Turkmen regions, causing almost all Turkmens to flee region to Turkey [1]
