"RESULTS OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF TURKEY WILL HAVE NO INFLUENCE ON ARMENIAN-TURKISH RELATIONS," AMERICAN-ARMENIAN ANALYST BELIEVES

Noyan Tapan
Aug 21, 2007

YEREVAN, AUGUST 21, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Today Turkey is
not what it was 10 years ago, where military revolutions always took
place or the people were trying to follow the boundary the state
indicated. Today there is a civil society in Turkey. This conviction
was made by Aspet Kuchikian, a political scientist and a professor
in the university of Florida, at the press conference held on August
21. According to him, there are such forces and movements in Turkey,
which can be used in the interests of Armenia.

According to American-Armenian analyst Richard Kirakosian, the other
participant of the press conference, Turkey has an alternative
in the face of the West and the East. He is of the opinion that
it will be safer for Armenia if Turkey becomes a member of the
European Union. However, according to Richard Kirakosian, the recent
observations showed that Turkey is looking at the East.

In the opinion of Richard Kirakosian, the results of the presidential
elections being held in Turkey (irrespective of the fact who will
be elected) will have no influence on Armenian-Turkish relations,
as Turkey still has internal problems to solve.