 Expert: Turkish PM needs Kurdish support to become president April 3, 2013 - 16:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Expert in Turkish studies Artak Shakaryan forecast new developments in Kurdish-Turkish relations in 2013-2014, in view of Abdullah Öcalan’s famous statement. “Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan needs Kurdish support to become a president. Öcalan, in turn, deems it ineffective to wage an armed struggle against Turkey,” the expert said, noting improvement of Turkey’s Kurdish-populated provinces as Öcalan’s wish. According to Mr Shakaryan, regional developments also affect Turkey’s internal situation. “Turkey and Israel have agreed to restore bilateral relations,” the expert said, noting formation of Turkish-Israeli alliance against Iran as Barack Obama’s goal.   Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.   Partner news |  Latest news 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.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
