Opinion: After Davutoğlu’s resignation, Turkey becomes an unpredictable country (video)
Andranik Ispiryan, a Yerevan-based expert in Turkish studies, says the resignation of Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, was ‘a palace coup.’ “He was forced to resign. Davutoğlu’s friends carried out a coup against him,” says the expert. Asked what changes we can expect in Turkey’s foreign policy after the resignation of the Turkish PM, Mr Ispiryan said, “Davutoğlu was the architect of Armenian-Turkish relations. He was engaged in them from the moment when he became the country’s Foreign Minister, he even signed the Protocols with Armenia. We can consider the bitter experience of Armenian-Turkish relations ended here.” At the same time, Andranik Ispiryan stresses that Turkey's former premier was a balanced and well-educated political figure. “It was Davutoğlu who wrote the April 24 address for Erdoğan. He was trying to mitigate the mistakes of the Turkish President.” After Davutoğlu’s resignation, Turkey becomes an unpredictable country. The expert says Erdoğan was always jealous of the Prime Minister Davutoğlu. “Erdoğan did not forgive his attempts to become Prime Minister. Erdoğan wanted him to work as PM but not to feel himself as PM. Erdoğan did everything so that Davutoğlu would not appear on the front pages of newspapers.”
