Why Are We So Anxious About Armenia?

BY ISMET BERKAN
Published: 5/19/2005

RADIKAL- There has been a great revival in Turkey’s initiatives concerning Armenia with recent efforts from both Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Foreign Ministry. The reason for this revival isn’t developments in Armenia or on the international stage, but Ankara’s initiatives.
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[...].Turkey used to only watch this situation. However, recently Turkey started to seek dialogue with Armenia, maybe in order to impress European Union member countries, or due to other reasons. In the past, Armenia was pursuing Turkey, but now there’s an impression that the situation is just the opposite due to the ignorance and carelessness of certain columnist in the Turkish press. However, there’s nothing new in this confusion. The key for Turkish-Armenian relations is the Nagorno-Karabagh issue and Armenia’s occupation of one-fifth of Azerbaijan’s territory. If the occupation ends and Armenia and Azerbaijan reach an agreement, this situation would relieve Turkish-Armenian relations as well.[...].

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