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Expert: Turkey is not interested in preserving influential Armenian
community in Syria
arminfo
Monday, August 20, 17:29
Turkey is not interested in preserving the influential Armenian
community in Syria, Orientalist Vahram Ter-Matevosyan said at a press
conference in Yerevan on Monday.
Though official Ankara made no official statements on this topic, it
would be much easier for it to deal with Syria, where the Armenians
would not have the levers they had before the political crisis in this
Arab country. Ter-Matevosyan pointed out that the problems of the
Armenian community living in Syria are getting more and more obvious
with every passing day due to the aggravation of the situation and
danger of coming of Islamic radicals to power, which
are hostile towards the religious minorities.
He added that Turkey will undertake no open actions against the
Armenian community and Syrian authorities. Ankara secretly supports
the opposition, he added. In the meantime, the expert thinks that
Turkey may make an incursion into the territory of Syria under the
pretence of disactivation of the Kurdish labor party, however, in this
case the territory of Turkey cannot become an arena of military
actions for Turkey to support the rebels.
To note, the Armenian community in Syria numbered about 100,000 people
until very recently. However, due to the tense military and political
situation in Syria, Armenians started leaving Syria for Armenia.
community in Syria
arminfo
Monday, August 20, 17:29
Turkey is not interested in preserving the influential Armenian
community in Syria, Orientalist Vahram Ter-Matevosyan said at a press
conference in Yerevan on Monday.
Though official Ankara made no official statements on this topic, it
would be much easier for it to deal with Syria, where the Armenians
would not have the levers they had before the political crisis in this
Arab country. Ter-Matevosyan pointed out that the problems of the
Armenian community living in Syria are getting more and more obvious
with every passing day due to the aggravation of the situation and
danger of coming of Islamic radicals to power, which
are hostile towards the religious minorities.
He added that Turkey will undertake no open actions against the
Armenian community and Syrian authorities. Ankara secretly supports
the opposition, he added. In the meantime, the expert thinks that
Turkey may make an incursion into the territory of Syria under the
pretence of disactivation of the Kurdish labor party, however, in this
case the territory of Turkey cannot become an arena of military
actions for Turkey to support the rebels.
To note, the Armenian community in Syria numbered about 100,000 people
until very recently. However, due to the tense military and political
situation in Syria, Armenians started leaving Syria for Armenia.