Tuesday, April 30 2019 15:12

ArmInfo. Turkish radicalization President Erdogan on the issue of the Armenian Genocide, other historical matters due to his desire to rule in Turkey and after  2023. This opinion was expressed by ArmInfo Director of the Institute  of Oriental Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia,  academician Ruben Safrastyan.

"Recep Erdogan expects to remain in power after 2023, when the 100th  anniversary of the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey will be  celebrated. And in this he really needs support from the Islamist and  ultranationalist electorate. Especially the part in which Erdogan  justifies the deportation of Armenians "by the unrest committed by  Armenian gangs and armed groups and by slaughtering Muslim women and  children, " - he stressed.

Thus, the president of Turkey, according to Safrastyan, actually  justified the massacre of an entire people by the Young Turk  government of Turkey with the aim of finally resolving the Armenian  issue. According to the academician, he does this consciously,  addressing his messages not only to Armenia, but also to a number of  Muslim countries, who are more and more often interested in the  Armenian Genocide.  "In this light, speaking about the extermination  of Muslim women and children, Erdogan seeks to consolidate the  Islamic world around Turkey. Especially considering that the  ideological foundations of the creation of" New Turkey "planned by  Erdogan are Pan-Turkism and the international popularization of the  Turkish language," Safrastyan stressed.

Based on similar trends in Turkish politics, Armenia, from the point  of view of a turkologist, should strengthen the stimulation of the  international recognition of the Armenian Genocide in order to  compensate Turkey for the financial, moral, political and territorial  damage caused to the Armenians by the Ottoman Empire.

Similar work aimed at increasing international pressure on Turkey in  order to restore historical justice, the work is very complex and  voluminous. However, in his opinion, it is possible and necessary to  overcome the powerful opposition of Turkey, relying primarily on the  equally powerful intellectual potential of the Armenians. According  to Safrastyan, today the Armenians lack a coordinated policy on this  issue. And to remedy the situation, Armenia should take the lead and  take the lead, and not the centers of the Diaspora scattered around  the world. According to his forecasts, the young Armenians, both in  Armenia and in the Diaspora, will assume a key role in the  development and implementation of a unified policy towards the  recognition of the genocide.

The Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey is the first large-scale  international crime in the modern history of mankind, committed with  the aim of killing an entire nation on political and ethnic grounds.  The deliberate actions of the Turkish government are reflected in  indisputable facts, supported by irrefutable documents and evidence  from various sources. The fact of the Armenian Genocide is recognized  by more than 25 countries of the world, individual entities of  several countries.