- Bobby, are you going to pull the Kurd card?
It is a tactical option if you want to weaken Turkey and Iran (mostly the latter), or a strategic option if the AFD is in deep trouble.
The Kurds tried for several times to rebel and in OTL they even tried around this time.
Given the fact that the Kurds represent 20% or so of Turkey's population and a sizeable chunk of the remaining Iran, a binding agreement (with Kurdish leaders -the Iraqi Kurds for example) of an independent state for the Kurds would make them rebel and keep occupied a good portion of Turkey troops back home, making more difficult to supply Iran, and, if the kurds are well supplied, even reducing axis-controlled Turkish territory.
I'm considering the lower case scenario, involving Turkish Kurdistan, but the Shah could also be convinced to give Persian Kurdistan independence too, in exchange for a greater deal of help.
Syria doesn't enter in this equation since it´s part of a Free France, a (for the time being) neutral country (an allied-leaning non-belligerant country to be more precise).
In the British War Cabinet, at least someone would be itching to pull this option, in case the Turks can't be convinced to Switch sides to AFD or going neutral.