Forecast: Erdogan will take advantage of terror attack in Ankara to step up pressure on Kurds

Recep Erdogan will take advantage of the terror attack in Ankara in order to step up pressure on Kurds as well as on other opponents to his line of policy, Director of the Oriental Studies Institute, National Academy of Science of Armenia Ruben Safrastyan told ArmInfo. 

28 people died and 61 were injured in a terror attack in Ankara on February 17. This is the 4th massive terror attack in Turkey recently. Ankara traditionally accuses forbidden Kurdistan Workers' Party in all the attacks. "The new attack will result in mobilization of society around Erdogan and AKP. In 2015 Turkish leader managed to use a terror attack in his agitation campaign during repeat parliamentary elections for attracting to his side hesitating voters.  Erdogan continues successfully play on the nationalistic and pan-Turkish interests of a certain part of the Turkish society", he noted.

Taking into account that by now no one and Kurdistan Workers' Party primarily, has not taken responsibility for the Ankara terror, it is very difficult to talk about its initiators.

However, we can already say that one shouldn't expect that people who form Turkish foreign and domestic policy will sober up. The Turcologist is sure that Erdogan and his immediate surrounding aim at retaining the power first and foremost. For this reason freedom of speech and any exertions of pluralism are suppressed in the country. The intention of expansion dn hegemony affects neighboring countries, primarily Syria. According to Safrasyan such aggressive policy is the main reason for terror attacks on Turkey's territory.