IS YOUR LAST NAME DAVUTOGLU OR DAVUTYAN?: ZAMAN

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Dec 24 2009
Armenia

Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Ensar Ogut criticized Turkish
Government, particularly Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu calling
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu "Davutyan," an Armenian-sounding
last name, Turkish Zaman daily reports.

In the course of press conference, Ogut commented on American NBS TV
station information that called a part of Turkey ‘Kurdistan’: "The TV
station in question does not even say sorry, it does not say it made a
mistake. He [the foreign minister] does not issue a statement. He makes
no explanation. Foreign Minister, are you good for anything? Is your
last name Davutoglu or Davutyan? Just so we know. If you are Davutyan,
you are making an Armenian initiative. What is your first name, your
last name? Are you a Turk? Are you the foreign minister of Turkey? Why
does the prime minister not react? Maps showing ‘Kurdistan’ have been
broadcast many times; why is no one doing anything? If Americans show
a divided map of France, Germany, Italy or Greece, strong reactions
would follow from these countries," the source says.

"Following this, Republican People’s Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Onur
Oymen angered Turkey’s Alevi community by referring to the Turkish
government’s strong response to a 1937 rebellion in the predominantly
Alevi city of Tunceli, then known as Dersim, as an example of fighting
terrorism," the source reads.

Experts reckon that Ogut’s words, "questioning the Davutoglu’s
ethnicity are clear discrimination", the source informs.

Based on above mentioned, the impression emerges that some Turkish
politicians have complexes about Armenia-related issues. Appealing
to psychological phenomena, Ogut’s words cannot be qualified other
than a "complex". If the matter is a Kurdistan map, how does this
touch Turkish FM with modified Armenian surname? Perhaps, it sounded
really witty at the press conference, but definitely un-PC, let alone
ethics and morale. The only reason for this could be archetypical data,
that every now and then appear in the minds of Turkish politicians.