Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Ensar Ogut criticized Turkish Government, particularly Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu calling Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu “Davutyan,” an Armenian-sounding last name, Turkish Zaman daily reports.

In the course of press conference, Ogut commented on American NBS TV station information that called a part of Turkey ‘Kurdistan’: “The TV station in question does not even say sorry, it does not say it made a mistake. He [the foreign minister] does not issue a statement. He makes no explanation. Foreign Minister, are you good for anything? Is your last name Davutoglu or Davutyan? Just so we know. If you are Davutyan, you are making an Armenian initiative. What is your first name, your last name? Are you a Turk? Are you the foreign minister of Turkey? Why does the prime minister not react? Maps showing ‘Kurdistan’ have been broadcast many times; why is no one doing anything? If Americans show a divided map of France, Germany, Italy or Greece, strong reactions would follow from these countries,” the source says.

“Following this, Republican People’s Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Onur Oymen angered Turkey’s Alevi community by referring to the Turkish government’s strong response to a 1937 rebellion in the predominantly Alevi city of Tunceli, then known as Dersim, as an example of fighting terrorism,” the source reads.

Experts reckon that Ogut’s words, “questioning the Davutoglu’s ethnicity are clear discrimination”, the source informs.

Based on above mentioned, the impression emerges that some Turkish politicians have complexes about Armenia-related issues. Appealing to psychological phenomena, Ogut’s words cannot be qualified other than a “complex”. If the matter is a Kurdistan map, how does this touch Turkish FM with modified Armenian surname? Perhaps, it sounded really witty at the press conference, but definitely un-PC, let alone ethics and morale. The only reason for this could be archetypical data, that every now and then appear in the minds of Turkish politicians.

L.A.