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DAVUTOGLU'S YEREVAN VISIT TOPIC OF DEBATE IN ARMENIA
Journal of Turkish Weekly
Dec 9 2013
9 December 2013
Armenian politicians and Turkologists continue to debate Turkish
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's visit to Yerevan as reactions
continue to grow to the official visit that is planned to take place
on Dec. 12.
Davutoglu is set to conduct an official visit to Armenia's Yerevan to
attend the regional Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation
(BSEC) meeting, a visit that garnered a variety of reactions from
the Armenian side. The former head of the Armenian National Service,
politician David Shahnazaryan, described the visit as part of Turkey's
"2015 maneuver," as the year 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the
1915 events.
Shahnazaryan referenced a past remark made by Davutoglu on not planning
to ever visit Yerevan before suggesting the main reason for the sudden
change of attitude was Russia's increasing influence in the region.
Yerevan State University Eastern Studies Academic and Turkologist
Hagop Cakıryan also said Turkey was trying to maneuver through 2015.
"Russia and the EU will never allow Turkey to do so, because both
Russia and the EU are in a competition in the South Caucasus,"
Cekıryan said.
Cakıryan added that protocols had been signed between Turkey and
Armenia in 2009 and continued: "Armenia's attitude has been very
clear since the signing of the protocols. Yerevan says that relation
should be without any pre-conditions but Turkey has the Karabakh
pre-condition."
9 December 2013
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/159455/davutoglu-s-yerevan-visit-topic-of-debate-in-armenia.html
From: A. Papazian
Journal of Turkish Weekly
Dec 9 2013
9 December 2013
Armenian politicians and Turkologists continue to debate Turkish
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's visit to Yerevan as reactions
continue to grow to the official visit that is planned to take place
on Dec. 12.
Davutoglu is set to conduct an official visit to Armenia's Yerevan to
attend the regional Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation
(BSEC) meeting, a visit that garnered a variety of reactions from
the Armenian side. The former head of the Armenian National Service,
politician David Shahnazaryan, described the visit as part of Turkey's
"2015 maneuver," as the year 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the
1915 events.
Shahnazaryan referenced a past remark made by Davutoglu on not planning
to ever visit Yerevan before suggesting the main reason for the sudden
change of attitude was Russia's increasing influence in the region.
Yerevan State University Eastern Studies Academic and Turkologist
Hagop Cakıryan also said Turkey was trying to maneuver through 2015.
"Russia and the EU will never allow Turkey to do so, because both
Russia and the EU are in a competition in the South Caucasus,"
Cekıryan said.
Cakıryan added that protocols had been signed between Turkey and
Armenia in 2009 and continued: "Armenia's attitude has been very
clear since the signing of the protocols. Yerevan says that relation
should be without any pre-conditions but Turkey has the Karabakh
pre-condition."
9 December 2013
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/159455/davutoglu-s-yerevan-visit-topic-of-debate-in-armenia.html
From: A. Papazian