Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Tanınmayan veya sınırlı şekilde tanınan devletler listesi" in Turkish language version.
The creation of puppet states or of puppet governments does not give them any special status under international law in the occupied territory. Therefore the puppet governments and puppet states have no greater rights in the occupied territory than the occupant himself. Their actions should be considered as actions of the occupant and hence subject to the limitations of the Hague Regulations.
incorporation into the Soviet Union in 1940 took place against the will of the population, and was never recognised de jure by most countries
...there are three other territories that have unilaterally declared independence and are generally regarded as having met the Montevideo criteria for statehood but have not been recognized by any states: Transnistria, Nagorny Karabakh, and Somaliland.
incorporation into the Soviet Union in 1940 took place against the will of the population, and was never recognised de jure by most countries
...there are three other territories that have unilaterally declared independence and are generally regarded as having met the Montevideo criteria for statehood but have not been recognized by any states: Transnistria, Nagorny Karabakh, and Somaliland.
