Azeri factor has role in Turkey’s internal policy

PanARMENIAN.Net - The statements by Turkish politicians should not seem surprising before June 12, the day of parliamentary election, according to the director of Caucasus Institute.

As Alexander Iskandaryan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, Azeri factor plays a major role in Turkey’s internal policy. “The nationalists are using the Azeri factor as a trump card,” he noted.

“Several million of Turkish citizens of Azeri origin live in Eastern Turkey. In their political campaigns, all parties, including the ruling AKP are attempting to cater to the interests of local Azerbaijanis,” Iskansaryan stressed.

The head of the Strategic Research Center under the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Bulent Aras told journalists during a visit to Baku that Turkey may provide military assistance to Baku if hostilities break out between Armenia and Azerbaijan.