Turkmen Brigades (Popular Mobilization Forces)

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

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	War in Iraq (2013–2017) 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]