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Old 03-24-2014, 09:35 PM
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Default Turkish forces inside Syria for T2k

Turkey has an exclave located in Syria although not far from the Syrian-Turkish border. It's based around a tomb constructed for Suleyman Shah, the grandfather of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire.
It's only coming back into Western consciousness because its existence could be threatened by the Syrian civil war and Turkey has stated that they WILL defend the exclave.

articles:
http://conflictantiquities.wordpress...man-shah-isis/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...A2D12S20140314
http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/649...nto-syrias-war
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Suleyman_Shah

map:
https://www.google.com.au/maps/place...db35d180fca6a2


Although the current situation is interesting in its own right, I thought it would be more interesting to imagine how this tiny piece of sovereign Turkish territory would fare in the Twilight War given Syria at that time would still be under the influence of the USSR. Could make for some interesting adventures as part of the team that keeps the exclave supplied or protected. Or if could become the "first base" goal for NATO forces trying to escape the Middle East.
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