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To: Alter Kaker

Does Turkey have any claim to Syrian lands?


79 posted on 06/30/2012 4:17:09 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121
Does Turkey have any claim to Syrian lands?

No, they gave those up when they gave up the Ottoman Empire. Syria has had claims to an area occupied by Turkey 70 years ago, but the Syrian government formerly renounced those a few years ago.

Syria has little that Turkey wants - Turkey on the other hand has money, water, electric power, etc.

81 posted on 06/30/2012 8:03:43 AM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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