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Turkey Elections: Expert in Yerevan says ethnic Armenians to favor
Kurd as presidential candidate
NEWS | 24.07.14 | 17:39
http://armenianow.com/news/56359/armenia_turkey_presidential_elections
Photo: Petrosyan's facebook official page
Gevorg Petrosyan
GOHAR ABRAHAMYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
In upcoming presidential elections in Turkey Armenians will probably
support a Kurdish candidate, however some votes of the Armenian
community will go to the current Prime Minister.
On August 10, the first nationwide presidential elections will take
place in Turkey and Justice and Development party president, Turkish
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, also a joint representative of
two big oppositional parties ` Democratic-republican and National
movement party joint candidate, Ekmeleddin IhsanoÄ?lu, as well as
Kurdish forces representative, Democratic Party head Selahetdin
Demirtas will participate in the elections.
According to turkologist Gevorg Petrosyan, the favorite to win in the
elections will be PM Erdogan and his main competition will be
Ihsanoglu, the turkologist does not consider Demirtashi as a serious
candidate.
In Turkey, a country with a population of 77 million, 50-60,000
Armenian community will not form a serious factor, nevertheless,
following the media we can assume that Demirtashi enjoys most
popularity among the Armenian community, Erdogan also competes with
him, because strong Armenian organizations, structures have close ties
with the government.
`Generally we must mention the fact that during the Erdogan rule
certain positive steps have been done in the Armenian community.
Demirtas is a favorite for being a Kurd, he has built his political
career on the basis of relationships with ethnic, religious
minorities, and he also builds his election campaign on the basis of
relations between Armenians and other ethnic minorities.
Ihsanoglu is a new name, he is a new politician, and the political
parties represented by him have anti-Armenian spirit, that's why he
will get less support from the Armenian community,' the turkologist
said, adding that Erdogan refrains from speaking about Armenians,
Armenia and Armenian Genocide, because his main electorate is formed
of the middle class which is not positively positioned toward Armenia.
According to Petrosyan, Ihsanoglu is a defender of Turkish denial
policy; he speaks of Armenians only when asked, while Demirtas has
based his campaign on the talk about Armenians and Armenian Genocide.
However, Petrosyan said that with the change of the government we
should not expect much change, according to the turkologist, the state
must undergo basic global changes, which would bring to the admission
of the Genocide.
Kurd as presidential candidate
NEWS | 24.07.14 | 17:39
http://armenianow.com/news/56359/armenia_turkey_presidential_elections
Photo: Petrosyan's facebook official page
Gevorg Petrosyan
GOHAR ABRAHAMYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
In upcoming presidential elections in Turkey Armenians will probably
support a Kurdish candidate, however some votes of the Armenian
community will go to the current Prime Minister.
On August 10, the first nationwide presidential elections will take
place in Turkey and Justice and Development party president, Turkish
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, also a joint representative of
two big oppositional parties ` Democratic-republican and National
movement party joint candidate, Ekmeleddin IhsanoÄ?lu, as well as
Kurdish forces representative, Democratic Party head Selahetdin
Demirtas will participate in the elections.
According to turkologist Gevorg Petrosyan, the favorite to win in the
elections will be PM Erdogan and his main competition will be
Ihsanoglu, the turkologist does not consider Demirtashi as a serious
candidate.
In Turkey, a country with a population of 77 million, 50-60,000
Armenian community will not form a serious factor, nevertheless,
following the media we can assume that Demirtashi enjoys most
popularity among the Armenian community, Erdogan also competes with
him, because strong Armenian organizations, structures have close ties
with the government.
`Generally we must mention the fact that during the Erdogan rule
certain positive steps have been done in the Armenian community.
Demirtas is a favorite for being a Kurd, he has built his political
career on the basis of relationships with ethnic, religious
minorities, and he also builds his election campaign on the basis of
relations between Armenians and other ethnic minorities.
Ihsanoglu is a new name, he is a new politician, and the political
parties represented by him have anti-Armenian spirit, that's why he
will get less support from the Armenian community,' the turkologist
said, adding that Erdogan refrains from speaking about Armenians,
Armenia and Armenian Genocide, because his main electorate is formed
of the middle class which is not positively positioned toward Armenia.
According to Petrosyan, Ihsanoglu is a defender of Turkish denial
policy; he speaks of Armenians only when asked, while Demirtas has
based his campaign on the talk about Armenians and Armenian Genocide.
However, Petrosyan said that with the change of the government we
should not expect much change, according to the turkologist, the state
must undergo basic global changes, which would bring to the admission
of the Genocide.