"Fact" daily writes:
Even Turks, who are considered to be relatively "truthful" and intellectuals, admit that nationalist and xenophobic sentiments are becoming more prominent in Turkey.
It is self-explanatory that in Turkey, which has serious economic problems, considering the circumstances of Erdogan's government, they tried to direct the grievances and are directing them towards the path of hatred towards other nations.
In particular, Turkish writer Kadir Akin gave such a notable example in an interview with "Real Turkey" program of "Alfa-News", noting that the other day, the Turkish government, based on the economic crisis, announced that those who have more than 100,000 lira on bank cards will have to pay a new tax of 750 lira per year to support Turkey's defense industry.
It raised a wave of protest, and according to the Turkish writer, the government backed down, but the president of the nationalist party declared that anyone who does not want the tax to be applied is either an Armenian, a Greek, or a Kurd. : Kadir Akin confirmed that now there is a state of hostility towards both Armenians, Greeks and Kurds.
Here, perhaps, it should be noted that there are several tens of thousands of Armenians left in Turkey, whom, of course, the Turks can "neutralize" in a matter of hours. The same with the Greeks. Kadir Akin's ancestors subjected native Armenians and Greeks to genocide 100 years ago. By the way, also through the Kurds.
And now they want to solve the issue of Kurds. The interesting thing is that the mentioned writer, Kadir Akin, as he mentioned during the interview, believes that it is possible to settle and solve the Armenian-Turkish problems through dialogue, and then achieve friendship between the Armenian and Turkish peoples.
Moreover, it is clear from his speech that he is well aware of what happened, he is aware of both the Armenian Genocide and the unforgivable crimes committed by his country of citizenship and his nation, but, of course, he avoids discussing these topics in public.
For example, regarding the Armenian Genocide, he expresses himself in a purely historical context, let's say, in the version of "let the historians investigate". In other words, "Lights" is anti-Armenian. After all, he is a Turkish writer, and one could hardly expect more from him.
But he also notes that, yes, Turkey has closed the Armenian-Turkish border and demands the leadership of his country to open that border. Of course, this differs from official Ankara approaches, but... a Turk remains a Turk.
As for "official Ankara", Erdogan, as we learn from this edition of a rather useful program prepared by our colleagues, stated that "after the liberation of Karabakh, occupied by Armenians, a unique opportunity has been created to achieve peace in the South Caucasus".
If we decipher it, he means that a real and final opportunity to destroy Armenia as a state has been created for Turkey.
It is no less significant that Turkey expects "good news" from the contacts with Pashinyan. Understandably, good for the Turks. And what is good for a Turk is deadly for an Armenian.
