October 13, 2009 - 16:53 AMT
Turkish experts consider possibility of Protocol ratification by parliament
Majority of Turkish parliamentarians endorse Prime Minister's statement on Turkish parliament's not ratifying RA-Turkish Protocols unless there is progress in Karabakh settlement process, Head of TURKSAM centre Sinan Ohan told a Yerevan-Ankara-Moscow TV bridge on "New Geopolitical situation in the East: Armenian-Turkish rapprochement, problems and realities". "I recently had conversations with MPs, and they expressed full support to Premier's standpoint. Turkish Parliament will be waiting for progress in Karabakh process," Turkish expert stressed.

Hüseyin Bağci, Vice President of European Security Academy and scientific board member in Middle East Technical University, stressed in turn that Protocols would be ratified by Turkish parliament, since normalization of Armenian-Turkish ties required spirit of time. "Superpowers are currently coercing Armenia and Turkey into normalizing ties, forcing Recep Tayyip Erdogan to ensure Protocol ratification," Professor said.