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Vahram Ter-Matevosyan
Vahram Ter-Matevosyan
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Oriental Studies at the National Academy of Sciences
Turkish government has lost the sight Last week, in criticizing the HDP, Turkey Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu said: "They are collaborating with Russia, just like the Armenian gangs. They are going and opening a representation in Moscow”. This statement of the Turkish PM sent a new wave of negative vibes not only to Kurds but also to Armenians. That statement hardly provoked a challenge in anyone’s mind since it was neither the first time nor certainly the last time that a member of a ruling elite in Turkey, in this case, the head of the government, continued the good-old tradition of using clichés and the language of the Kemalist historiographical school. The AKP, which somehow overhauled the Kemalist legacy, keeps embracing the old historiography. As a result, heads of the Turkish state and government, various ministers, top and minor government officials, local officials keep using racist and xenophobic language. The PM’s comment had three layers the HDP/the Kurdish problem, Russia and the Armenians, hence, each of them will be addressed below.
The System vs individuals The process and results of December 6 referendum is yet to be speculated on for a long time to come. It differed from the former election processes with a number of parameters: there were different topics, scale and expected outcomes in this case.
Gyumri base and longstanding questions Today marks one month since the killing of the family in Gyumri. One of the frequently asked questions following this slaughter was whether the suspect would be turned over to the Armenian justice or not. There were also other questions concerning the form of the killing, niceties and reasons.
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