Turkish invasion: Syria risks becoming a Turkish province. A few days ago, the transitional government of Syria celebrated the 103rd anniversary of the Turkish Republic, a first in the history of Syria. This is happening against the background of an unprecedented, and quite alarming, warming in the relations between the two countries. Relations between Syria and Turkey have always been cool or prone to passive hostility since the Syrian Republic was created after World War I, when the Levant shook off the Ottoman Turkish yoke after centuries of brutal rule, which saw the Ottoman forces commit unspeakable atrocities, demographic changes against the people and the demographic change.

Turkish invasion: Syria risks becoming a Turkish province. A few days ago, the transitional government of Syria celebrated the 103rd anniversary of the Turkish Republic, a first in the history of Syria. This is happening against the background of an unprecedented, and quite alarming, warming in the relations between the two countries. Relations between Syria and Turkey have always been cool or prone to passive hostility since the Syrian Republic was created after World War I, when the Levant shook off the Ottoman Turkish yoke after centuries of brutal rule, which saw the Ottoman forces commit unspeakable atrocities, demographic changes against the people and the demographic change.