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Erdogan announced plans to annex territories of Syria to Turkey (news.am)

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a speech to fellow party members in Sakarya, promised to “revise the outcome of World War I and annex Syrian territories (formerly Ottoman provinces) into Turkey,” Telegram channel "Turkey's Top News" reported.

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[–] bluGill@fedia.io 5 points 7 months ago

The wwi borders of syria don't make sense and never did. What makes sense is a hard problem though - I'm guessing tha country needs to split into 3 but I'm an outsider who locals of syria should not listen to.