Independent Kurdish state will result in Turkey's decline

Independent Kurdish state will result in Turkey's decline

November 6, 2007 - 14:29 AMT  23:59 GMT
Haykazun Alvrtsyan: national and religious issues will blow up Turkey because other ethnic communities suffering from Ankara's yoke will follow Kurds.
Turkey determined on cross border operation in northern Iraq

Turkey determined on cross border operation in northern Iraq

November 6, 2007 - 14:23 AMT  23:59 GMT
"We decided to launch a cross-border operation," Erdogan said.
Any conflict in South Caucasus causes vacuum Turks immediately fill

Any conflict in South Caucasus causes vacuum Turks immediately fill

November 6, 2007 - 13:52 AMT  23:59 GMT
Vahan Hovhannisian: it's nonsense that two Christian autochthonic nations living side by side communicate via a Turkish corridor.
If Baku doesn't want to hold talks with Stepanakert, Yerevan will negotiate with Ankara but not with Baku

If Baku doesn't want to hold talks with Stepanakert, Yerevan will negotiate with Ankara but not with Baku

November 6, 2007 - 12:35 AMT  23:59 GMT
Vahan Hovhannisian: official Yerevan and Diaspora should urge to expel Turkey from the Minsk Group as an interested party.

Whose side will Russia take in Kurdish issue?

November 3, 2007 - 18:46 AMT  23:59 GMT
The fact that the Kurdistan Workers Party, according to the U.S. Department of States, is "a common enemy for Turkey and the USA" is already clear. What could hardly be expected was that the Kremlin subscribed to this opinion as well. "We consider the activities of the Kurdistan Workers Party to be terrorist attacks and we condemn them. We think that Turkey has the right to protect itself. But we believe that the only way to solve the problem is the dialogue. Ankara needs to start negotiating with a number of countries supporting the Kurdistan Workers Party", announced the Kremlin Press-Secretary Dmitry Peskov.
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