No need. All Assad has to do is to start backing Turkey's Kurdish rebels. Turkey's Kurdish population is estimated at 16m people. Assad could also finally stop persecuting the Kurds in Syria and welcome them as a buffer against Turkey and an ally against Sunni Arabs in Syria.
That would certainly cause Turkey a lot of grief, too; but it sounds like it would take awhile to get rolling. If Turkey is going to try and do the same thing the US and NATO did to Libya, Assad will want to strike quickly before he loses the capability. After seeing Qaddafi's fate, I suspect that Assad will not surrender and will try to take as many of his attackers as possible with him.
That’s the historical norm. Good history and background in your other post as well.
Obama’s foreign policy is going for Maximum Mess.
You’ve got three empires - Persia, Turkey, and Egypt - vying for power with a shadow empire - Saudi Arabia - working behind the scenes and in madrassa’s across the globe to install Sharia law on unsuspecting liberal governments.
It’s not going to be a smooth flight.
Assad could support the Turkish Kurds. Turkey could support the Syrian Kurds. Israel could support the Turkish, Syrian and Iranian Kurds, and also Iranian student dissidents. Let the good times roll.