Özet:

Turkey has been one of the countries most affected by the violence since the start of the Civil War in Syria. This article analyzes the Turkey’s Olive Dale Movement, which is one of the most comprehensive movements it has done against Syria because of the ISIS and PYD/YPG terrorist organizations becoming the target during the Civil War, in the context of the legitimate right of defense beyond the border. The reason for the study of this movement is the question of whether the operation is legitimate in the international community. However, there is no study in academic literature on this. The article aims to fill this emptiness in literature. A systematic framework is presented by combining the legitimate rights of defence specified in the United Nations Treaty and international law: armed attack, informing the United Nations General Assembly, proportionality measurement, mandatory and emergency principles. These principles will be analyzed through primary sources; by the decision of the United Nations and the UN General Assembly to fight terrorism beyond the borders and the Syrian Civil War. This research has concluded that Turkey has acted in accordance with the right of legitimate defense to fight ISIS and PYD/YPG in the Olive Dali Movement and to safeguard its borders.

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