Turkey's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, dismissed flatly, however, any suggestion that Armenian workers should be deported in order to pressure the Yerevan government.
It is reported that Turkey has no plan to deport the illegal Armenian workers.
Putting the figure at around 40,000 in a speech he delivered in January, Erdogan said:
"They [Armenian workers] fled the country, they could not sustain themselves in their homeland, and we opened our doors. We could deport them, but we are not doing so."
Stressing that Turkey had welcomed people many times in the past, the prime minister underlined that Turkey is continuing to present the same exemplary attitude.
The Turkish government agencies have rarely used their power to deport Armenians so far.
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