Turkish-Syrian Border Clashes (1938)

Turkish-Syrian Border Clashes (1938)
	Part of Syrian–Turkish Border Conflict (1936–1939)
Date	1938
Location	Turco-Syrian Border
Result	Turkish political and strategic victory[full citation needed] Establishment of a Semi-Autonomous Hatay State;
Belligerents
Turkey Hatay State;	France First Syrian Republic;
Commanders and leaders
Tayfur Sökmen Atatürk #	Hashim al-Atassi

The Turkish-Syrian Border Clashes of 1938 were a series of military skirmishes and diplomatic tensions that took place between Turkey and the French Mandate of Syria. The clashes occurred in the context of the ongoing dispute over the Sanjak of Alexandretta (today's Hatay Province), a region with a significant Turkish-speaking population that both Turkey and Syria claimed.

^ Bowen, Jeremy (30 August 2022). The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History. Pan Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-76126-355-2. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
^ "The Question of Alexandretta (Hatay): Syria and Turkey" by Robert Olson, in Orient (1983).
^ Khoury, Philip Shukry (14 July 2014). Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920-1945. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-5839-2. Retrieved 10 November 2024.

[1] Bowen, Jeremy (30 August 2022). The Making of the Modern Middle East: A Personal History. Pan Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-76126-355-2. Retrieved 10 November 2024.

[2] "The Question of Alexandretta (Hatay): Syria and Turkey" by Robert Olson, in Orient (1983).

[3] Khoury, Philip Shukry (14 July 2014). Syria and the French Mandate: The Politics of Arab Nationalism, 1920-1945. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-5839-2. Retrieved 10 November 2024.

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