Ömer Engin Lütem

Ömer Engin Lütem  
8 May 2012

 As assumed, François Hollande was elected as President of France. Perhaps due to the resentment towards Nicolas Sarkozy within Turkish public opinion, although it cannot be characterized as purely sympathy, some kind of tolerance exists towards Hollande. But is France’s new President really deserving of this?

There is a conviction within Turkish public opinion that the reason for Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande, who have made it to the second round of French Presidential elections, to support Armenian views is to gain the votes of the Armenians.

Ömer Engin Lütem
26 April 2012

 Since Bill Clinton, US Presidents issued a statement each year on 24 April named as “Armenian Remembrance Day” and in order not to offend Turkey, they did not characterize the 1915 events as genocide, but instead used some other words which carried a similar meaning.

Upon reviewing Phillips’s proposals that we addressed yesterday on what could be done for the normalization of Turkey-Armenia relations, we have reached the following conclusions.