YEREVAN. – The Turkish authorities received a blow from where they least expected. 

Turkologist Andranik Ispiryan stated the abovementioned during a press conference on Tuesday, reflecting on the recent and well-known remarks that were made by Armenia’s Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan. 

According to the turkologist, Hovsepyan’s statement, with respect to starting a legal process on the elimination of the aftermath of the Armenian Genocide, was long-awaited by many Armenians, but unexpected by the Turkish authorities.      

“The statement by the Prosecutor General of Armenia was a cold shower for the Turkish authorities,” Ispiryan noted, and he stressed that the Turkish MFA’s reactionary statement to Hovsepyan was a proof of this fact. 

The turkologist highlighted that the Turkish MFA statement was belated and meaningless.  

Ispiryan also informed that all Turkish media covered Hovsepyan’s remarks under the heading: “Armenia’s prosecutor general demands lands from Turkey.”  

The turkologist considered the setting up of a legal process, in connection with reparations for the Armenian Genocide, to be appropriate.

Andranik Ispiryan stressed that the legal process will increase in the foreground, and the activities toward the genocide’s international recognition will continue in parallel with this process.    

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