“In the near future, this impact on the Armenian-Turkish relations will not be so visible as the economic situation, the Kurdish problem and the relations between Iraq and Syria will be a priority for the government”, so responded Director of the Center for International and European Studies (CIES), Assistant Professor of International Relations at Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Dimitrios Triantaphyllou, at the online press conference organized by the “Region” Research Center, in response to the question of Aravot.am about what impact will the new political reshufflings created after the parliamentary elections in Turkey have on the Armenian-Turkish relations, whether new developments for the future are possible, and, in particular, what developments he forecasts. ArmeniaAccording to him, new developments in the future are less likely, substantial improvements are possible in a more distant future.
To our next question that the PACE reports slammed the way of conducting and organizing the parliamentary elections in Turkey. In particular, the PACE has expressed concern that the country President has violated the Constitution and was engaged in the campaign of the ruling party, numerous pressures were recorded, the elections were accompanied with attacks on the party offices, as well as human violence, so how he will estimate the PACE concerns as such and what are they caused by, Mr. Triantaphyllou replied, “Turkey is not a democratic country at all. It is a polarized country. Alas, the PACE concern has not played any role in this process.”
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
