A CONTEMPORARY LOOK AT THE HISTORICAL TURKISH-ARMENIAN PROBLEM

27/11/2016

The Armenian problem has been inherited by the Republic of Turkey from Ottoman times. Throughout the past, the Ottoman State was seen as “different”, “the other” and even “enemy” by Western Europe, which made an effort to break it apart, destroy it and throw it out of Europe. An important part of these efforts were towards domestic destabilisation and promoting uprisings. The millet system of the Ottoman administration also made for suitable grounds for religious and ethnic separation and provocation.Alev KILIÇ
Retired AmbassadorDirector, Center for Eurasian StudiesYou can read the rest of the article on our issue of April