Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, responding to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s invitation to the anniversary of the Canakkale Battle, said that it was a violation of diplomatic norms and ignores Turkey’s attempts to normalize relations with Armenia. Kalin added that Armenia did not want a fair study of the events in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 and was not willing to leave occupied Azerbaijani lands.
Kalin reminded that Erdogan had called for the formation of a joint commission in 2005 to investigate the events of 1915. Protocols on normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations were initiated in 2009. Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan said on April 23, 2014, that the events of WWI were bitter for both countries.
Turkish expert Hussein Altinalan said that some countries were taking advantage of tensions between Turkey and its neighbours. The tragic events of 1915, in his words, are an instrument to put pressure on Turkey when Armenia suffers from such a policy the most. Kalin believes that Armenia is trying to create the image of a suppressed country, ignoring the crimes committed in Nagorno-Karabakh. In his opinion, Turkey makes attempts at rapprochement with good intentions, but radically-aligned Armenians do not understand it. The analyst reminded that Turkey was ready to open historical archives to investigate 1915. He added that about 100,000 Armenians were peacefully living in Turkey, where all nations were respected.
Concerning the factors that prevent a settlement of the conflict, Altinalan emphasized the exploitation of the genocide issue as an instrument to put pressure on Turkey. Another factor, according to the expert, are the radical forces in Armenia taking advantage of the dispute.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, said, responding to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan’s invitation for the anniversary of the Canakkale Battle, that it was a violation of diplomatic norms and ignoration of Turkey’s attempts to normalize relations with Armenia. Kalin added that Armenia did not want a fair study of events in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 and was not willing to leave occupied Azerbaijani lands.Kalin reminded that Erdogan had called for formation of a joint commission in 2005 to investigate the events of 1915. Protocols on normalization of Turkish-Armenian relations were initiated in 2009. Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan said on April 23, 2014, that the events of WWI were bitter for both countries.Turkish expert Hussein Altinalan said that some countries were taking advantage of tensions between Turkey and its neighbours. The tragic events of 1915, in his words, are an instrument to press on Turkey when Armenia suffers from such policy the most.Kalin believes that Armenia is trying to create an image of a suppressed country, ignoring the crimes committed in Nagorno-Karabakh. In his opinion, Turkey makes attempts for rapprochement with good intensions, radically-aligned Armenians do not understand it. The analyst reminded that Turkey was ready to open historical archives to investigate 1915. He added that about 100,000 Armenians were peacefully living in Turkey, where all nations were respected.Concerning the factors that prevent settlement of the conflict, Altinalan emphasized exploitation of the genocide issue as an instrument for pressure on Turkey. Another factor, according to the expert, is the radical forces in Armenia taking advantage of the dis
