![[Southern Turkmenistan]](../images/i/ir_sturk1.gif)
image located by Chrystian Kretowicz, 3 August 2008
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image located by Chrystian Kretowicz, 3 August 2008
Source: http://www.gamoh.biz/habergoster.asp?id=210
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In 1881, the Treaty of Alkhal divided the Turkmen territories between Russia,
Persia and Afghanistan. The Turkmen in present-day Iran number about 1,100,000
and live in what is called Turkmensahra or Southern Turkmenistan, in and around
Gondbad Kavus (center of Turkmensahra), Bandar Turkmen, Aq-Qala and Gomishan,
all, roughly, along the Iran-Turkmenistan border from the Caspian Sea up to the
town of Sarakhs, from below the sea level to the mountain peaks of more than
3,000 m high.
The main tribes of the Iranian Turkmen are Yomut Tribe
(subdivided into Jafarbay, Atabay and Agh-Atabay), Nokhorli Tribe, Goklen Tribe,
Teke Tribe.
Most of Iranian Turkmen are Sunnis of the Hanafi branch, but
some follow the Naqshbandieh Sufism. They have also a history of the opposition
to the central governments.
The flag of Southern Turkmenistan is horizontal yellow - red - green with the
blue trapezoid at the hoist. There is a variant of that flag
with the addition of the crescent and the star. The disparity of the shades of
colors was never explained on the websites known to me. I don't think it has any
significance, just lack of regulations.
Chrystian Kretowicz, 3 August 2008
![[Southern Turkmenistan]](../images/i/ir_sturk2.gif)
image located by Chrystian Kretowicz, 3 August 2008
Source: http://www.gamoh.biz/habergoster.asp?id=210
![[Turkmensahra Liberation Organization]](../images/i/ir}tlo.gif)
image located
by Chrystian Kretowicz, 3 August 2008
One of the most prominent Turkmen organizations fighting for Turkmens' rights
in the Islamic Republic of Iran is Turkmensahra Liberation Organization. The
flag is an Iranian tricolor with a red crescent and five stars on the white
stripe.
Chrystian Kretowicz, 3 August 2008
![[National Democratic Movement of Turkmenia]](../images/i/ir}ndmt.gif)
image located
by Chrystian Kretowicz, 3 August 2008
One of the most prominent Turkmen organizations fighting for Turkmens' rights
in the Islamic Republic of Iran is the National Democratic Movement of Turkmenia
. The flag is green with a white crescent and star and two red stripes near the
hoist.
Chrystian Kretowicz, 3 August 2008
