A Breaking Point in Turkey-Syria Relations: October 1998 Crisis or in other Words “Undeclared War”

Looking at the most important breaking moments from the past 40 years the course of the Turkey-Syria relations is possible to say that one happened in October of 1998. Despite the security protocols signed in the first half of the 1990s, Syria continued to support PKK activities and Abdullah ？calan's residence in the Syrian territory brought the two countries to the brink of war in the autumn of 1998. The ending of the October 1998 Crisis with the signing of the Adana Agreement led to a gap in the doors of a new era in relations between the two countries. In this study, the agent build starring role in PKK activity in Turkey-Syria relations are analyzed through October 1998 Crisis. The ending of the October 1998 Crisis with a formal commitment by the Syrian administration to not support the activities of the PKK has been the starting point for the transition to a cooperative period of all issues from the conflict between the two countries. For this reason, it is possible to consider the October 1998 Crisis as a breaking point