Armenia–Turkey Relations

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Turkey renews calls for ‘Zangezur corridor’

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•2 min read

The chair of the Turkish Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee has called on Armenia to change its constitution and to open the ‘Zangezur corridor’ — a proposal to link mainland Azerbaijan to its exclave of Nakhchivan. The calls were made by the Turkish Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee Chair, Fuat Oktay, on Saturday. He expressed his country’s readiness to normalise relations with Armenia, adding that they will ‘do it together with Azerbaijan’. He added that Ankara ‘fully suppor

Wrestlers Lyova Gevoryan (left) and Hakan Buykcingil (right). Image via RFE/RL.

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Armenian and Turkish wrestlers disqualified after brawl

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•1 min read

An Armenian and a Turkish wrestler were disqualified from a championship in Albania after they got into a brawl mid-match. The incident took place during a match between the two wrestlers, Lyova Gevoryan and Hakan Buykcingil, at the U23 World Championship in Albania. The two athletes began brawling mid-match, leading to both of them being disqualified. The short video of the match circulating online shows the Turkish wrestler shoving Gevorgyan, who is then seen slapping Buyukcingil before

Sergei Lavrov. Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia.

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Lavrov says Russia is being left out of Armenia-Turkey normalisation talks

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•3 min read

On Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that Armenia had ‘taken a break’ and preferred direct bilateral talks with Turkey to normalise relations. ‘There are no meetings planned yet, our Armenian colleagues have taken a break,’ the Russian state-run media outlet TASS quoted Lavrov, following the third meeting of the 3+3 Regional Cooperation Platform held in Istanbul, Turkey. The 3+3 format meeting includes Turkey, Iran, and Russia on one side, and Armenia, Azerbaijan, and, t

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Armenian MP accused of promoting Genocide denial

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•3 min read

An Armenian MP has come under fire for claiming that Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called for the compilation of the names of the victims of the Armenian Genocide. MP Andranik Kocharyan, the chair of the Armenian Parliament’s Defence Committee, claimed on Sunday that Pashinyan aimed to make a complete list of victims to ‘build real foundations’ for documentation the Armenian Genocide. He stated the following day that the creation of the list was ‘very important for building our relations in

The chair of the Turkish Parliament’s Defence Committee, Hulusi Akar, during a visit to Baku on 31 January 2024. Image via Azertac.

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Turkey warns Armenia to accept ‘hand of peace’

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•2 min read

Turkey has warned Armenia that it would suffer ‘serious damages’ if it failed to secure a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. The comments came from the chair of the Turkish Parliament’s Defence Committee, Hulusi Akar, during a visit to Baku on Monday. ‘[Armenia] should accept the hand of peace extended by Azerbaijan, otherwise it will suffer serious damages just like in the 2020 war’, he said. Akar previously served as minister of defence and the chief of staff of the Turkish armed forces. In re

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Armenia proposes opening regional transport links as part of ‘Crossroads of Peace’

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•2 min read

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has unveiled the ‘Crossroads of Peace’ — a regional transport proposal that would connect Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Georgia through Armenia. Pashinyan announced the details of the proposal on Thursday at the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum in Georgia as an ‘important part of the peace agenda’ in the South Caucasus. The project would see the renovation and development of roads, railways, pipelines, cables, and electricity lines between Armenia and Turkey an

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (left) and Kemal Kılıcdaroğlu (right).

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What an opposition win in Turkey could mean for the Caucasus

by Ismi Aghayev

•7 min read

Turkey’s elections threaten to dislodge President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after two decades in power. Amongst the country’s neighbours in the South Caucasus, the impact of such a turn of events could have vastly differing impacts. Turkey’s parliamentary and presidential elections on 14 May will see President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan face his biggest challenge in years, facing an opposition alliance headed by Kemal Kılıcdaroğlu. Given Turkey’s geographical proximity and geopolitical influence in th