U.S. Got More Opportunity To Influence On Situation In Turkey

PanARMENIAN.Net
23.01.2007 17:12 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Currently a strained situation has formed in Turkey:
the relation between Islamists and "Kemalists has worsened. The
first side represents the ruling "Justice and Development party
with a number of political and religion organizations, which cast
doubt on such a secular model of state created by Kemal Ataturk. The
other side consists of Kemalists, which is being supported by large
political parties and higher and medium bureaucracy that defend
secular state," said specialist in Turkic philology Ruben Safrastyan,
the head of Oriental Studies Institute of the RA NAS (National Academy
of Sciences), during an interview to the PanARMENIAN.Net journalist. In
his words, lately a linkage is being noticed between Kemalist circles
and higher army commanders, which considers itself as a guaranty for
secular state. "On this background actively is being discussed army’s
possibility to categorically interfere the political processes aiming
at preventing the further erosion of secular state model. I think in
the current situation US’s opportunities to have influence on events
in Turkey increases, since they traditionally enjoy great authority
in the army," Safrastyan underscored.