Tag: Beklevic

  • Strong Turkey members spies in Armenia?

    Strong Turkey members spies in Armenia?

    “That was the Strong Turkey Party was looking for in Armenia. No unequivocal answer to this question can be given. It may be political PR, spirit of adventure and even espionage,” the expert in Turkic studies Kristine Melkonyan told journalists Oct. 30.

    According to her, the visit to Armenia by members of the Strong Turkey Party, a little-known political force in Turkey, was a cheap thrill aimed at reaching a certain level in the Turkish political arena. The expert also thinks that the aim of the visit may have been espionage. “Doubts arise due to the fact that they crossed the border unnoticed by the frontier guard on both sides. If they did so the Turkish authorities would arrest them for illegally crossing the border. That did not happen, which means the Turkish Government supported their action. I think their border crossing story is a great lie,” Melkonyan said.

    gtpThe RA National Security Service reports that Tuna Bekleviç and Baybars Orsek were invited to the National Security Service and warned that their behavior and statements were unacceptable. The Turkish citizens were offered to leave Armenia.

    NEWS.am reminds readers that on Oct. 10 evening Turkish mass media reported Chairman of the Strong Turkey Party Tuna Bekleviç and his associates crossed the Armenian-Turkish border. In his turn, Colonel Andrey Guzeev, Vice-Chief of the Frontier Department, RF Federal Security Service, refuted the media reports.

  • Turkish politician detained in Armenia, says party

    Turkish politician detained in Armenia, says party

    A minor political party that is not represented in Parliament said on Friday that its leader has been detained in Armenia.

    tuna beklevicTuna Bekleviç was detained by Armenian intelligence following a press conference he held in Yerevan, according to the Strong Turkey Party (GTP). Bekleviç recently entered Armenia from Turkey by crossing the Arpaçay River in protest of the two countries failing to take further action for a year after signing protocols in Zurich to normalize relations.

    The GTP leader had headed to Armenia to hold a press conference about his party’s protest of the status quo in relations between the two countries. Turkey closed its border with its eastern neighbor in the early ‘90s in solidarity with Azerbaijan in its war with landlocked Armenia. An attempt at rapprochement was initiated last year, but very little progress has been made since then.

    30 October 2010, Saturday

    TODAY’S ZAMAN  İSTANBUL