Historical Background Of Turkey-Syria Relations In The Term Of Social Geograpy

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Historical process between Syria and Turkey has always high tension. According to Turkey, Syria is the country,which has hosted the Turkish enemies, which causes problems in the sharing of water resources and geographically it is seen as ‘’enemy country’’ because of interfering in Turkey s territorial integrity; According to Syria, Turkey is enemy is because it doesn’t share water resources in a fair way and as supporters of western countries, claiming rights over their territory (Hatay). In short, for many years strained relations with Syria-Turkey relations (1921-1998), by signing of the Treaty of Adana in 1998, good relations has been established with unpredictable speed in a short time (1998-2011). Escalating positive relations between Turkey and Syria in the years 1998-2011, and relations has again strained the outbreak of the Syria Civil War in 2011, and was even worse off period before 1998. Therefore the main goal of this study Historical Background of Turkey-Syria Relations in terms of Social Geography is to examine the dynamics of it. For this purpose, treaties defining the Turkey-Syria relationship, the protocols, briefings given by officials were examined. Historical background of the two countries relations in terms of social geography has been tried to put forward in chronological order.

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Turkey , Syria Relations , Social Geography , Syrian Civil War.

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