  Turkey once again uses Armenian community to solve its issues April 14, 2011 - 17:08 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The recently published list of candidates for the 2012 parliamentary elections in Turkey proved the stir that Turkish media raised, suggesting some of the candidates might be Armenian, was a mere PR action, a senior staff scientist at the Oriental Studies Institute said. According to Anush Hovhannisyan, no Armenian was included in any Turkish party’s candidates lists, which means Turks have once again used Armenian community to solve their issues. “The 60000 members of Armenian community mean little to Turkey with a population of 70 million,” she remarked. As the expert noted, throughout the history of the country, only 23 non-Muslim MPs (8 Jewish, 8 Greeks and 6 Armenians) were presented at Turkish parliament.   Top stories Grigoryan added that the situation around the world and particularly in the region is very difficult. The Armenian Defense Ministry has denied Azerbaijan's accusations of violating the ceasefire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenian, German presidents meet in Berlin Armenian and German Presidents Vahagn Khachaturyan and Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Berlin.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats. |
