Re: Can Turkey Learn Tolerance?
There are a great many moderates in the Turkish population who have a positive opinion of Armenians. The music world is an example where there is even a bias in favor Armenians among the musical circles themselves. (The same is true in Azeri musical circles, at least in the generation that saw light prior to the Artsakh war and the dominant fascist Pan-Turkist rhetoric/paradigm). All these can be leveraged to the favor of Armenia/Armenians if there is systematic labor in that direction, and in hindsight, Pres. Sargsyan's gamble yielded some positive results within the Turkish population. The AKP initially showed more tolerance and a slight nudge away from the Pan-Turkism, but now the Armen Ayvazyans are being proven correct. The fascists are the ones with all the levers.
Originally posted by Haykakan
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