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    ARMENIAN COMMUNITY OFFENDED BY ERDOGAN'S RECENT SPEECH

    tert.am
    02.10.12

    In his recent speech Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
    has offended the Armenian community of Turkey.

    Speaking to Taraf paper, editor of Agos, Istanbul-based Armenian
    paper, Rober Koptash and writer, activist Hayko Baghdat stated that
    Erdogan again linked the normalization of relations with Armenia
    with the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, stating that
    "as far as the demands of Azerbaijani brothers have been implemented"
    their decision will not change.

    "With it the Turkish PM put an end to the football diplomacy of
    Abdullah Gul and to the Armenian-Turkish protocols. He once again
    tied normalization of relations with Karabakh conflict settlement,"
    he said. "It is remarkable that Erdogan likens Karabakh issue with
    the Cyprian one while he does not think of suspending relations
    with Greece but prefers not to have any relations with Armenia
    because of Azerbaijan. The Turkish PM applies double standards,"
    Rober Koptash said.

    Hayko Baghdat said Erdogan imagines such a character of Armenian
    which is offensive for Armenians. "He thinks we are a small group
    of inherited people who is given a right to live like orange fish in
    aquarium. He thinks 'let's feed them, so that they will not die.' I
    am very concerned about it. It is rather humiliating for us," he said.

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