Armenian expert does not exclude military coup in TurkeyFebruary 1, 2007 - 17:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - There exist two kinds of Turkey: one is Turkey in "Taksim Square", it is a smaller part of the country with European values. And just there Hrant Dink's funeral and demonstrations took place, it is that 100 000 people. This Turkey includes some towns of European part, part of Ankara," said director of Caucasian Media Institute, political scientist Alexander Iskandaryan during an interview to the PanARMENIAN.Net journalist. In his words, the other greater part of Turkey is nationalistic and Islamic country. "Truly, here Islam is not so strong as in Afghanistan or Iran, but Islamists are rather strong. An attempt of military coup is possible there, which, principally, is not new for Turkey when country's direction changes from West to Islam, that is to say, from the state created by Ataturk to more Islamic. "I am sure, the bullets shot at Hrant Dink, were directed at liberal Turkey," stated Armenian political scientist. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |