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    US Official News
    December 29, 2014 Monday


    Turkey's foreign policy subject of panel discussion at IWP

    Washington

    INSTITUTE OF WORLD POLITICS has issued the following news release:

    The Institute of World Politics hosted a panel of experts to debate
    Turkey's evolving geopolitical role, both with regards to the
    country's aggressive action in the Mediterranean and Ankara's posture
    towards Kurdish minorities, as well as the Erdogan government's
    failure to normalize relations with Armenia without preconditions. In
    essence going from a stated policy of "zero problems with neighbors"
    to "zero ties with neighbors."

    Haykaram Nahapetyan (Journalist, researcher, and correspondent of the
    Public TV Company of Armenia to the U.S.), Zendy Zemenides (Executive
    Director of the Hellenic American Leadership Council) and Mehmet
    Yuksel (Representative of the People's Democratic Party to the U.S.)
    all contended that the United States must express a higher level of
    disapproval towards Turkey's regional activities.

    Such activities from the Turkish government include unwarranted
    military action against the island of Cyprus, an economic development
    zone that exaggerates Turkey's allocated maritime boundaries, and a
    hostile stance toward the Kurdish community. Moreover, the speakers
    noted, the continued denial of the Armenian Genocide on the threshold
    of its 100th anniversary in April 2015 shows that Ankara is not
    willing to recognize this crime against humanity and provide adequate
    restitution to the Armenian nation. These actions are all taking place
    within a country that continues to enjoy membership in NATO, has
    lobbied for a seat on the United Nations Security Council, and has
    shown aspirations of joining the European Union.

    In their closing statements, when asked to describe Turkey's future in
    2015 with a single word, the panelists responded with "convoluted,"
    "volatile," and "difficult."

    The panel was hosted by Vilen Khlgatyan, an alumnus of IWP and Vice
    Chairman of the Political Developments Research Center (PDRC), a think
    tank based in Yerevan, Armenia.

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