Center for Eurasian Studies (AVİM),

This article covers the relations of Turkey and Armenia as well as the internal and international developments of Armenia between July and December of 2018. During this period, Armenia’s new Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has put into action his campaign promises to fight wide spread corruption and to reckon with the previous two administrations. He has been able to sustain his command based on the support of the masses of the street. His party and followers achieved a crushing victory at the municipal elections for the capital city Yerevan. Thus encouraged, with a view to obtaining the legislative backing which he totally lacked, he brought about the dissolution of the parliament for snap elections, resulting again with another crushing victory. On the foreign relations side, Pashinyan continued with his efforts to establish some balance in Armenia’s foreign policy between Russia and the West. While being meticulous not to antagonize Russia, he has managed to realize high level contacts with the West. Relations with Turkey has also been a topic of prominence, conjuring expectations that a new atmosphere could be in the offing.

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Bu incelemede, Türkiye-Ermenistan ilişkilerinde ve Ermenistan’ın iç ve dış dinamiklerinde 2018 yılının Temmuz’dan Aralık ayına kadar süredeki gelişmeler ele alınmaktadır. Dönem içinde, sokaktan aldığı desteği ve güçlü konumunu sürdüren Ermenistan’ın yeni Başbakanı Nikol Paşinyan, seçim kampanyasında verdiği, yaygın yolsuzlukla mücadele ve önceki iki yönetimden hesap sorma sözünü uygulamaya koymuştur. Partisi ve yandaşları, Erivan Belediye seçimlerinde ezici bir üstünlük elde etmiş, bunun verdiği moralle, parlamentonun feshini sağlayarak, yasama gücüne de kavuşmayı hedefleyen erken genel seçimi ilan etmiştir. Bu seçimlerde de mutlak bir üstünlük elde edilmiştir. Paşinyan, dış ilişkilerde Rusya ile Batı arasında bir denge politikası gayretlerini sürdürmüş, bir yandan Rusya’yı karşısına almamaya özen gösterirken, diğer yandan Batılı ülkeler ile üst düzey yoğun temas trafiği gerçekleştirebilmiştir. Türkiye ile ilişkiler de ön sıralarda gündeme gelmiş ve yeni bir havanın oluşabileceği yorumlarına kapı açılmıştır.

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