Turkey in Focus: Autocratic Trajectory and Economic Crisis

Turkey lifts restrictions on trade with Armenia

📍 Turkey has lifted restrictions on direct trade with Armenia. Though it continues to keep the shared border closed, it is expected that the import costs of Turkish goods to Armenia will reduce.📍 The International Committee of the Red Cross says it continues visiting Armenian detainees in Azerbaijan from abroad despite the closure of its Baku office, amid concerns over prisoners’ treatment and lack of access. 📍 Inside the political significance of Armenia’s landmark EU summits- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFptwWwUkig#CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #dailyarmenia

Armenia, United States continue TRIPP consultations

📍 Russia’s foreign ministry claims that unlike Moscow, the European Union has little to offer Armenia in terms of trade, security, and political representation.📍 Armenia and the United States held another round of consultations on the so-called ‘Trump Route,’ a proposed Washington-mediated transport link through Armenia’s southern 📍 Syunik region that would connect Azerbaijan to its exclave of Nakhichevan.📍 Explainer on the details behind the ‘Trump Route’ deal: https://civilnet.am/en/news/996894 #CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ

Turkey in Focus: Autocratic Trajectory and Economic Crisis

In this CivilNet interview, political scientist Cengiz Aktar joins Eric Hacopian to examine Turkey’s deepening political and economic crisis under President Erdoğan. The discussion explores the country’s autocratic trajectory, declining living standards, strained EU relations, and the future of Kurdish rights. Aktar also addresses Armenia-Turkey normalization and the broader regional implications of Turkey’s internal transformations.#CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ

Putin warns Armenia over EU path, citing war in Ukraine

📍 Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan rejects Russian President Vladimir Putin’s call for Armenia to choose between the EU and the Eurasian Economic Union, saying there is no immediate necessity to leave the bloc. 📍 Pashinyan faces backlash after questioning Armenia’s historical ties to Nagorno-Karabakh during a campaign speech in Syunik. 📍 Business Week Armenia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4m7MKulAOA #CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ #dailyarmenia

The promises and limits of the Trump Route for Armenia

Can the proposed Trump Route (TRIPP) through Armenia’s south bring lasting peace and prosperity to the South Caucasus? Anahide Pilibossian, Vice President of the Yerevan-based APRI Institute, discusses the think tank’s new report on the route. She argues that TRIPP is a necessary but insufficient step toward regional stability without broader border openings between Armenia, Turkey, and Azerbaijan. The conversation explores the opportunities and risks regional connectivity presents for Armenia, why Ankara continues to defer to Baku on normalization with Yerevan, and why Armenia may eventually need to clarify its ambiguous foreign policy as it seeks to balance relations between Russia and the West. 0:00 TRIPP is a necessary step, but not sufficient 5:25 Turkey's "Baku First" policy toward opening with Armenia 10:31 Differing visions of TRIPP in the official documents and the Azerbaijan-Turkey interpretations of it 15:06 Armenian human security and psychological safety concerns from corridor-rhetoric 16:50 EU’s role in supporting TRIPP 19:45 Potential risks of opening the Turkish border 23:57 Pushing back on portrayals of Armenia has having pivoted to the West away from Russia #CivilNet #ՍիվիլՆեթ