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The Ottoman Empire and the French mandate periods, the drawing of the border with Lausanne, the Iskenderun issue, the water and PKK crises that left their mark on the 1980s and 1990s, the warm relations in the 2000s and the rupture after the Arab Spring... The history of the Syrian lands that were incorporated into the Ottoman Empire during the reign of Yavuz Sultan Selim in 1516 and their relations with Turkey, which extends to the present day, was narrated by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Seda Altuğ from the Institute of Atatürk's Principles and Revolutionary History at Boğaziçi University. Video: Esra Yalçınalp Graphics: Mesut Ersöz BBC Turkish website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/turkce Facebook: / bbcturkceservisi Twitter: / bbcturkce Instagram: / bbcturkce