November 29, 2007 - 18:49 AMT
Anti-Christian and ultranationalist mood gains force in Turkey
"Anti-Christian and ultranationalist mood gain force in Turkey. This showed up in the killing of Hrant Dink and Catholic priests. It's not accidental that nationalist NMP came third at the 2007 parliamentary elections," specialist in Turkic philology, prof. Ruben Safrastyan said.

He noted that formation of a union of Turkic states similar to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is rather problematic. "There are joint economic projects like Kars-Akhalkalaki-Baku and some energy projects but it's not enough," Safrastyan said.