During his visit to Mush,, Eastern Armenia, Turkish Minister of Transport and Communication Binali Yildirim stated no one has the right to dream of Turkish territories. He threatened to gouge the eye of all those laying such claims.

The Turkish Vatan newspaper quoted the Minister as saying: “When Turkey quarreled with its neighbors it had no friend. But now we have normalized relations with Syria, started military cooperation with Iraq, development of relations with Iran and Russia, as well as with Armenia. The Armenian community, however, is laying claims to Turkish territories. We are not going to harm anyone, but we will gouge the eye set on our lands.”

Minister Yildirim addressed his statements not only to Armenians, but also to Kurds, as Kurds constitute a majority in Mush. Although Mush is an ancient Armenian city, Kurds made it part of “Kurdistan.” One of the high-ranking officials in the province of Mush recently stated that eastern regions of Turkey densely populated by Kurds are part of “Kurdistan”

NEWS.am reminds the readers that on May 27, 1907, Armenian troops led by Gevorg Chaush defeated Turkish janizaries near the Sulukhi bridge in Mush.