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Saturday, October 11, 2014

Will northern Syria become another Northern Cyprus? - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

Will northern Syria become another Northern Cyprus?
Turkey may be plotting to install a reliable, Ankara-friendly pseudo-government in northern Syria.
Last updated: 11 Oct 2014 08:13

In his book, "Identity and Foreign Policy: The Kemalist Influence in Cyprus and the Caucasus", Umut Uzer discusses how "outside Turks" have played a key role in traditional Turkish foreign policy. The plight and suffering of Turks living outside Turkey, according to Uzer, has generally been a premise or rationale of Turkish interventionism, citing how Hatay in 1939 and Northern Cyprus in 1974 became Turkish territory, citing such suffering as a reason for military intervention.

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