Birleşik Arap Cumhuriyeti – United Arab Republic

1958′de Mısır ve Suriye’nin birleşmesi ile kurulan devlet.
1961′de Suriye ayrılır.
1971′e kadar Mısır bu ismi kullanmaya devam eder.
Wikipedia‘dan bazı alıntılar…
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Established on February 1, 1958, as a first step towards a pan-Arab state, the UAR was created when a group of political and military leaders in Syria proposed a merger of the two states to Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser. Pan-Arab sentiment was very strong in Syria, and Nasser was a popular hero-figure throughout the Arab World following the Suez War of 1956. There was thus considerable popular support in Syria for union with Nasser’s Egypt.
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President Nasser of Egypt and President Shukri al-Kuwatli of Syria signed the union pact on 22 February 1958 after a referendum in both countries. President Nasser was elected as the new republic’s president, and Cairo was chosen to be the capital. A new federal constitution was adopted.
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The UAR collapsed in 1961 after a coup d’état in Syria brought a secessionist group to power. The separation was deeply contested in Syria, and a bitter political struggle reflected in popular commotion and street confrontations ensued until the Ba’ath Party, Nasserists and other pro-union elements took power in 1963. The union, however, was not re-established. Egypt, now alone in the United Arab Republic, continued to use the name until 1971 after Nasser’s death.

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