The Journal of the Turkish Weekly
2005-03-02 11:41:57
Turkish FM: 40,000 Armenians Work in Istanbul
Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul says 40,000 Armenians from
Armenia live and works in Istanbul, Turkish city. Gul gives an
interview to Turkish daily Hurriyet.
`Most of these Armenians work for technical companies. An NGO made a
research on these people and says these people’s relations with Turks
are perfect. Interestingly the Armenian workers in Istanbul has no
very close relations with Turkish Armenians” Gul added.
Apart from Istanbul thousands of Armenians work in Turkish
cities. Turkey has no diplomatic relations with Armenia, however there
is an air link between Turkey and Armenia and Armenian citizens has no
problem in visiting Turkey.
Armenia does not recognise Turkey’s national borders and call Eastern
Turkey ‘Western Armenia’. Armenian forces still occupy 20 percent of
Azerbaijani territories. Armenia also has problems with neigbouring
Georgia.
Turks and Armenians
2005-03-02 11:41:57