Ankara uses ethno-political factor in Caucasus

PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkey has serious experience in influencing internal political processes of different states, and Armenia will be no exception, Chair of National Neo-conservative movement Edward Abrahamyan said. Caucasus, according to him, is a key region for Ankara in terms of strengthening its influence through ethno-political factor. "It should be born in mind that Armenia is an obstacle to spreading Turkish influence in Caucasus, hence in case of border opening, Turkey will naturally attempt to influence internal political processes in Armenia," Neo-conservative leader added.



At that he noted that after establishment of Turkish-Bulgarian relations, Turkey managed to gain levers of influence on the country's internal political situation. "Over the past 20 years, Ankara managed to 'breed' in Bulgaria several political parties, public organizations and movements which play key role in the country's public-political life. "Movement for Rights and Freedom" is one of such parties which gained 15% of seats in Bulgarian parliament during recent elections. By the way, the bill condemning Armenian Genocide is torpedoed by Ministers and MPs of that party. Apart from Bulgaria, Turkey also has its internal political levers in Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, Moldova, Ukraine, Abkhazia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. In contrast to the countries above, Armenia lacks the Turkish element, however, considering the "Turks" of local production, their number is expected to increase sharply after border opening.