SYRIA OPERATION OF RUSSIA IN CONTEXT OF INTERVENTION BY INVITATION

Year 2021, Volume: 26 Issue: 44, 191 - 203, 30.06.2021

Yasin Öztürk

Abstract

Intervention by invitation refers to a request for military assistance from a second state in order to protect the legitimate power of a sovereign power. The most basic factor here is that this invitation is made in the context of a legitimate power. At the same time the existence of terrorist and insurgency activities for the mutilation of the will of the sovereign power is also an important factor. In this context, even if the strong intervention is explicitly prohibited both in the UN Charter and customary law the invitation intervention is accepted on a legitimate ground. At the invitation of the Assad administration of Russia, the air attacks against Syria are also legitimate ground within the invitation by intervention. However, there have been some major discussion areas within the intervention by invitation. Elements such as scope, limitations, duration and proportionality of the invitation are particularly expressed by the main discussion topics.

Keywords

Intervention by invitation, Russia, Syria, request, consent

DAVETLE MÜDAHALE BAĞLAMINDA RUSYA’NIN SURİYE OPERASYONU

Abstract

Davetle müdahale konusu egemen bir iktidarın meşru bir şekilde devraldığı iktidarını korumak adına ikinci bir devletten askeri bir yardım talebini ifade eder. Burada ki en temel faktör meşru bir iktidarın talebi bağlamında bu davetin yapılmasıdır. Aynı zamanda egemen iktidarın iradesini sakatlamaya yönelik terörizm ve isyan faaliyetlerinin mevcut olması da önemli bir unsurdur. Bu bağlamda kuvvetle müdahale hem BM Şartında hem de örf, adet hukukunda açık bir şekilde yasaklanmış olsa da davetle yapılan müdahale meşru bir zeminde kabul edilmektedir. Rusya’nın Esad yönetiminin davetiyle Suriye’ye yönelik yapmış olduğu hava saldırıları da davetle müdahale kapsamında meşru bir zeminde oluşmaktadır. Ancak davetle müdahalenin kendi içerisinde de belli başlı tartışma alanları oluşmuştur. Özellikle davetin kapsamı, sınırlılıkları, süresi ve orantılılık gibi unsurlar temel tartışma konularının ifade etmektedir.

Keywords

Davetle müdahale, Rusya, Suriye, davet, rıza

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