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RUBEN SAFRASTYAN: TURKISH PEOPLE NO LONGER FEAR THE AUTHORITIES
16:52 03/07/2013 " REGION
The Turkey events are connected with the recent changes and
developments inside the country, Ruben Safrastyan, Turkish studies
expert, Director of the Oriental Studies Institute of the Armenian
National Academy of Sciences, told a roundtable discussion at the
Caucasus Institute.
According to him, the participants of Turkish protests were mainly
young people, aged from 16 to 35. They demand a new model of Turkey,
while the authorities in the person of the Prime Minister have
authoritarian policies - they try not only to expand the country,
but also to impose a new identity based on Islam.
Safrastyan noted that the events taking place in Turkey are evidence
of the fact that the Turkish people no longer fear the authorities,
and Erdogan has understood it.
According to the Turkish studies expert, the Turkey events may directly
affect Azerbaijan. "I do not rule out that mass protests will break out
in Azerbaijan on the threshold of the October presidential elections."
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2013/07/03/r-safrastyan/
16:52 03/07/2013 " REGION
The Turkey events are connected with the recent changes and
developments inside the country, Ruben Safrastyan, Turkish studies
expert, Director of the Oriental Studies Institute of the Armenian
National Academy of Sciences, told a roundtable discussion at the
Caucasus Institute.
According to him, the participants of Turkish protests were mainly
young people, aged from 16 to 35. They demand a new model of Turkey,
while the authorities in the person of the Prime Minister have
authoritarian policies - they try not only to expand the country,
but also to impose a new identity based on Islam.
Safrastyan noted that the events taking place in Turkey are evidence
of the fact that the Turkish people no longer fear the authorities,
and Erdogan has understood it.
According to the Turkish studies expert, the Turkey events may directly
affect Azerbaijan. "I do not rule out that mass protests will break out
in Azerbaijan on the threshold of the October presidential elections."
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2013/07/03/r-safrastyan/