Turkologist: Turkish media view Turkey`s current policy toward  Armenia as  pre-election support gesture for Pashinyan

ArmInfo.  The Turkish media's interpretation of Turkey's "Armenian policy" in recent weeks as a "pre-election gesture of support" for Armenian Prime Minister  Nikol Pashinyan is no coincidence, as stated  by Varuzhan Geghamyan,   PhD in history and Turkologist, in post on his Facebook page along a  photo of one such headline in a Turkish article.

Geghamyan also cited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who  stated that "starting next year, Turkey will take several symbolic  steps toward normalizing relations with Armenia." According to the  Turkologist, such steps could include demonstrative meetings,   restoration of the destroyed bridge in Ani,  opening a border  checkpoint, or providing humanitarian aid. In other words, as the  Turkologist noted, these would be demonstrative but meaningless  steps, accompanied by appealing photo and video materials. "All of  these symbolic steps will pursue one goal: to create the illusion  that the Turkish-Azerbaijani tandem is striving for peace, and the  policy of the de facto Armenian authorities is correct in this  context, and therefore they should be re-elected," Geghamyan  asserted.

In this context, he urged considering the supply of Azerbaijani  gasoline, which the Armenian authorities present as a guarantee of  "peace." However, the expert is convinced that all this should in  fact be viewed as the beginning of a policy aimed at making Armenia  dependent on Turkish energy. "Over the next six months, the Armenian  people will witness numerous similar episodes that will pose a real  threat and signify Turkish interference in Armenia's sovereignty. In  this matter, Turkey will be assisted not only by local propagandists  but also by numerous kind-faced Europeans who will 'preach' the  Turkification of Armenia," the Turkologist warns.

In conclusion, Geghamyan emphasized that Turkey is thus embarking on  a hybrid war against Armenia, seeking to transform the country into  its zone of influence. "Therefore, we must be vigilant, resist this  propaganda, and expose and explain the true goals of Turkey's actual  policy," the expert concluded.

It should be noted that earlier today, Economy Minister Gevorg  Papoyan reported on his Facebook page that 22 railcars carrying  Azerbaijani A95 gasoline, weighing a total of 1,300 tons, were  crossing the Armenian-Georgian border. On December 18, Armenian Prime  Minister Nikol Pashinyan, commenting on the deal, expressed his  conviction that the established peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan  had contributed to the creation of the appropriate conditions.