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EXPERT FORECASTS ESCALATION OF PROTESTS IN TURKEY
June 5, 2013 - 17:42 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The developments in Turkey may follow a new course,
in the face of anti-government forces' goal to destabilize the country,
political expert said.
He noted forces against Turkish authorities' policy of "neo-Osmanism"
behind the mass protests in the country.
At June 5 press conference, Sergey Shakaryants deemed superpowers'
intervention in Turkey's political developments possible in the
near future.
"The great powers may even have a direct involvement in splitting
the country," he said.
The protests began on a small scale last week in opposition to plans
to redevelop Gezi Park in Istanbul but have since taken on wider
political demands.
The demonstrators say the park is one of the few green spaces in
Istanbul, and object to the loss of public space for commercial
purposes.
June 5, 2013 - 17:42 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The developments in Turkey may follow a new course,
in the face of anti-government forces' goal to destabilize the country,
political expert said.
He noted forces against Turkish authorities' policy of "neo-Osmanism"
behind the mass protests in the country.
At June 5 press conference, Sergey Shakaryants deemed superpowers'
intervention in Turkey's political developments possible in the
near future.
"The great powers may even have a direct involvement in splitting
the country," he said.
The protests began on a small scale last week in opposition to plans
to redevelop Gezi Park in Istanbul but have since taken on wider
political demands.
The demonstrators say the park is one of the few green spaces in
Istanbul, and object to the loss of public space for commercial
purposes.