ANKARA MAYOR PRAISES MAHCUPYAN AFTER HAVING OFFENDED THE ARMENIANS

17:00, 27 March, 2015

YEREVAN, 27 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. Mayor of Ankara Melih Gökcek, who
recently stood out with his anti-Armenian statements, has expressed
his support to the Senior Advisor to Turkey’s Prime Minister Etyen
Mahcupyan, who has declared that he considers himself an Ottoman. As
“Armenpress” reports, Gökcek posted the following on his Twitter
microblog: “Here we have an Armenian who deserves to be crowned…The
grandson of people who have been living in the Ottoman Empire for
centuries”.

Earlier, Etyen Mahcupyan, Senior Advisor to Turkey’s Prime MInister
Ahmet Davutoglu, had declared that even though he is Armenian, he
feels more like an Ottoman. The Prime Minister’s Senior Advisor had
also said he doesn’t care that Armenians refer to him as a “traitor”.

“After all, all Armenians have different views. It’s very likely
that there are also Armenians who call me a traitor, but that’s not
important,” he added.