YEREVAN. – The recent assaults on elderly Armenian women in Turkey show that the anti-Armenian policy continues in that country. Giro Manoyan, Director of the International Secretariat of Armenia’s opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party Bureau and Head of the Armenian Cause Office, stated this during a press conference on Tuesday.   

“Taking into account that no representative from the ruling party [in Turkey] has publicly addressed this matter, one can assume that the [Turkish state] policy toward Armenians has not changed at all. And there are circles in the country that present them [that is, the attacks] as manifestations of Armenian-hatred. It should be stressed that the architect behind such incidents is definitely the authorities of Turkey,” Manoyan said, and added that such incidents could grow in number, ahead of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.