YEREVAN. – Taking into account the growing protest in the country, Turkey’s PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan may intensify the situation in the Syrian front to draw the Turkish public attention on an external enemy.   

Turkologist Artak Shakaryan stated the abovementioned during a press conference on Saturday.

In his view, by inciting certain military actions, Erdogan will attempt to distort the image of an internal enemy within Turkey. 

“As for the [Istanbul-] Armenian community, it is divided into two parts: 19-25-year-old, primarily leftist [Armenian] persons are taking an active part in the demonstrations,” the turkologist noted. He added, however, that the Armenian community’s other—and more experienced—segment knows that, no matter what, the Armenians will bear the brunt in the end.

Shakaryan also stressed that the current events in Turkey will have no direct impact on the Nagorno-Karabakh issue. 

“If the nationalists come to power in Turkey, this will be much worse than Erdogan’s present-day position,” the turkologist concluded.  

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