 Expert: Turkish PM needs Kurdish support to become president April 3, 2013 - 16:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Expert in Turkish studies Artak Shakaryan forecast new developments in Kurdish-Turkish relations in 2013-2014, in view of Abdullah Öcalan’s famous statement. “Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan needs Kurdish support to become a president. Öcalan, in turn, deems it ineffective to wage an armed struggle against Turkey,” the expert said, noting improvement of Turkey’s Kurdish-populated provinces as Öcalan’s wish. According to Mr Shakaryan, regional developments also affect Turkey’s internal situation. “Turkey and Israel have agreed to restore bilateral relations,” the expert said, noting formation of Turkish-Israeli alliance against Iran as Barack Obama’s goal.   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. |
