This October Turkish government initiated sponsorship of peace initiative encompassing a wide region from the Caucasus to the Middle East, Turkish Hurriyet daily reads.

The newspaper quotes Faruk Logoglu, Turkish ex-ambassador to the United States: “October can be considered positive in terms of foreign policy but it would not be correct to portray it as perfect. There are questions and exclamation marks,” said Faruk Logoglu.

As regards the Armenian-Turkish protocols signed on October 10, Logoglu said: “Their signing was good but it is not possible to talk about the concept of peace before the whole process is concluded. The problem is still there for the time being.”

The daily cites Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who “declared October to be the ‘month of peace’ as Ankara's far-reaching diplomatic efforts included the normalization of relations with Armenia and transitions from cooperation to integration with Iraq, Syria and Iran.”

In this context the newspaper quotes Logoglu as saying: “Turkey’s level of integration with Iraq, Syria and Iran is, on paper, superior to that with the EU, which shows not where Turkey is looking to but where the country is. I think Turkey’s cooling ties with Europe and turning its face to Arab and Islamic countries is not a foreign policy preference but a result of Turkey’s domestic policy dynamics.”