The Turkmen Brigades are

Iraqi Turkmen The Iraqi Turkmens (also spelled as Turkoman and Turcoman; tr, Irak Türkmenleri), also referred to as Iraqi Turks, Turkish-Iraqis, the Turkish minority in Iraq, and the Iraqi-Turkish minority ( ar, تركمان العراق; tr, Irak Türkleri ...

militias formed as part of the Popular Mobilization Forces in 2014. The group's commander, Said Yilmaz Najar, rejected proposals for a unified Turkmen militia from the

Iraqi Turkmen Front The Iraqi Turkmen Front ( ar, الجبهة التركمانية العراقية, ''al-Jabha al-Turkmāniya al-Irāqiya;'' tr, Irak Türkmen Cephesi), also abbreviated as ITF, is a political movement representing the Iraqi Turkmen people. It was ...

, saying that his group has both

Shia Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ...

and

Sunni Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word '' Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagr ...

Turkmen. On 25 September 2016, 16th Brigade announced that the militias would participate in the Hawija Offensive.

References

Iraqi Turkmen organizations Anti-ISIL factions in Iraq Paramilitary forces of Iraq Popular Mobilization Forces Rebel groups in Iraq Resistance movements {{Iraq-mil-stub