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Transformation of Turkey's Foreign
Towards Syria: Enemy Esad, BrotheEnemy EsedEr
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Outline
Introduction
a!!rochement Process and Brother ES"#
"fter "ra$ S!ring: Enemy ESE#
Syrian e$els or Terrorists%
&urdish Issue
efugees
onclusion
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esearch (uestion
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Introduction
Before 0112 relations $etween Turkey and
Syria were 3ery !ro$lematic4
Syria5s claims o3er *atay,
#is!utes o3er water 6Eu!hrates and Tigris
ri3ers 7,
Syria5s su!!ort to P&&4
"$dullah 8calan
"dana !rotocol in 01124
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a!!rochement Process and Brother E
oo!eration $etween Turkey and Syriaagainst P&& terrorist organi9ation,
#P go3ernment
Strategic #e!th and ;ero Pro$lem )ith Our-eigh$ors4
"n im!ortant !olitical su$
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Contd
=eetings of the Turkish>Syrian *ig
Strategic oo!eration ouncil,
-umerous $ilateral agreements,
/ifted 3isa re?uirements,
Trade 3olume reached nearly @A4 $
Turkey $ecame largest trading !artn
C5Damgen55 like a Schengen system
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"fter "ra$ S!ring: Enemy ESE#
Authoritarian regimes in Tunisia !i"#aEg#$t and %#ria
Tur&e# decided to su$$ort $eo$'e ratherthan regimes in these countries(
Vio'ence to)ards ci*i'ians
Tur&e# cannot continue to su$$ort %#riaunder these conditions(
+ore aggressi*e against Esad
,-rother Esad turned into ,Enem#Esed
Tur&e# "ro&e o. a'' contact )ith the%#rian go*ernment(
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Syrian e$els or Terrorists%
Syrian re$els,
Su!!ort to the o!!osition,
e!resentati3es of the Syrian o!!osition,
The /eague of "ra$ States in airo
" new !olitical system which takes its legitimacy from the !eo!le
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&urdish Issue
In3asion of Ira? $y S in A,
Sta$ility and a territorial integrity of Ira?,
Inde!endent &urdish state,
eawakened the mutual interest of Esad regime and the P&& again
Bar9ani who is President of the &urdish egional .o3ernment,
ihadist grou!s and Sunni Islamist radicals,
ISIS,
P+# 6the Syrian sister organi9ation of the P&&74
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Re/ugees
)elcome anyone who was esca!ing the
$rutality of the "ssad regime, Shelter and Traning,
Eur!ean ommision *umanitarian "idand i3il Protection re!ort in =ay, A0G,
=ore than 40 million refugees inTurkey ,
The largest refugee !o!ulation in the)orld,
Economic costs,
Social and Political Balances4
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Conc'usion Pro$lematic relations changed after 0112,
Strategic #e!th and ;ero Pro$lem )ith Our -eigh$ours !olicies,
Turkey su!!orted !eo!le instead of regimes4
Esad5s 3iolence against reformist grou!s may ha3e $een the short
$ehind the deterioration of relationsH howe3er, Turkey5s $ecoming
the Syrian ci3il war due to its a!!roach to Syrian re$els, &urdish i
refugees has further com!licated the !icture4
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