During the country’s ongoing civil war, which began in 2011, Kurdish groups established an autonomous polity in the area, dubbed the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, Rojava. After the war, Turkey became a democratic republic and later allied with the United States during the Cold War of the 1950s. In 1998, Turkey and Syria engaged in a military standoff at the border over Kurdish movements in Syria and water rights in the Euphrates River.
Author: Josef Olmert
Published at: 2025-03-29 11:54:34
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