Turkmen Villages
Turkmen villagers were resettled by the Ottoman Empire because of fear of unrest and riots that were caused by the Bedouin tribes during droughts. The instability of the Ottoman Empire made it difficult to control the tribes. Aelkezl Bash was a prominent anti-Ottoman leader. After the Ottomans returned from conquests in Europe however, they were able to put down revolutionary activities in the area and resettled the Turkmen to the villages of Latakia, Aleppo, Homs, and Hama in the Golan.
In the vicinity of Hama and Homs, there are a number of villages which have a majority Turkmen population, including Houla, Aqrab, Talaf and Kafr Ram.
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