"If parallel diplomacy -- moving on negotiations on both border opening and resolving the occupation of the Nagorno-Karabakh territories at the same time -- is deemed to not be working, we should ease off the gas and start contemplating hitting the brakes," says Murat Mercan, chairman of the parliamentary Foreign Affairs Commission and a high-ranking member of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party). Mercan told Today's Zaman that Turkey may be forced to revise its standing against the backdrop of mounting public pressure.
Opposition party leaders on Tuesday blamed Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an for giving in to pressure brought to bear by the US and the European Union. In a speech delivered to the Republican People's Party (CHP) parliamentary group, CHP leader Deniz Baykal apologized to Azerbaijanis on behalf of Erdo?an. "The AK Party is here today, but it may not be here tomorrow. However, Turkey will always be on the side of Azerbaijanis."
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bah
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