TURKEY UNCONCERNED OVER ITS INTERNATIONAL IMAGE
PanARMENIAN.Net
11.03.2010 16:52 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkey still identifies itself with Ottoman Empire,
continuing with threats and speaking from the position of force.
Recalling Turkish Ambassador to US following US House Foreign Affairs
Committee’s passage of Genocide resolution is an obvious example of
it, according to RA NAS Institute director Ashot Melkonyan.
Commenting on the possibility of dramatic decrease of Turkey’s
international rating in case of failure to ratify Protocols, Melkonyan
stated that Turkey does not care about its international image where
its national image is concerned.
At the same time, the expert noted that Turkey is facing a number of
internal issues, including that of Kurdish factor.
According to Melkonyan, Turkey has two options: integration with
Europe or taking the path of fundamental Islam. "Still, in either
case Kurdish issue remains a complicated one," the historian stated
at news conference in Yerevan.
The Protocols aimed at normalization of bilateral ties and opening of
the border between Armenia and Turkey were signed in Zurich by Armenian
Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet
Davutoglu on October 10, 2009, after a series of diplomatic talks
held through Swiss mediation. On January 12, 2010, the Constitutional
Court of the Republic of Armenia found the protocols conformable to
the country’s Organic Law.
The Turkish invasion of Cyprus launched on 20 July 1974. The Turkish
invasion took place in two stages and ended in August 1974, when
Turkish troops occupied 37% of the island’s territory, which was
followed by the establishment of the de facto Turkish Republic of
Northern Cyprus that only Turkey recognizes.
UK’s Sovereign Base Areas make up about 3 percent of the island. They
were retained by the UK as sovereign territory when the Republic of
Cyprus was established in 1960. On November 11, 2009, an offer was
made to the United Nations to make available just under 50% of the
territory of the UK’s Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs) to a unified Cyprus
in the event of a solution of the issue.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
