YEREVAN, JULY 25, ARMENPRESS. Expert on Turkish studies Hakob Chakryan says after the coup attempt Turkey will no longer be able to have an impact on the Nagorno Kaabakh conflict settlement process.

“Even in case of its strong desire, Turkey cannot have an active role over the Nagorno Karabakh issue since the initiative of that conflict settlement belongs to the Minsk Group Co-Chairing countries, and Turkey’s activity will be viewed by them as an infringement to their initiative”, “Armenpress” reports, Chakryan said at a press conference on July 25.

According to him, after the failed coup attempt in Turkey, the Turkish army completely lost its reputation and Erdogan gradually makes the country a police state. He said except from the destabilization of Turkey, the relations with the West will more escalate.

“It is due to these unruly actions that Turkish Minister of Labor and Social Security Suleyman Soylu issued a statement where has was confident that the US has participated in the coup attempt. The next statement was issued by the Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag where he openly said that the US authorities are well aware that Fethullah Gulen has organized the coup. But a day before these statements, Barack Obama announced that the statements addressed to the US are groundless and do not correspond to the reality”, Hakob Chakryan said.

The other issue which led to the escalation of the relations with the West, concerned the Turkish authorities’ statements on the restoration of the death penalty, which received a very negative reaction in the West, in particular, German Chancellor Angela Merkel strongly reacted to it.

246 people were killed, 2185 were wounded in the failed military coup attempt in Turkey on July 15. 13.000 people have been arrested for participating in the coup attempt, from which 4000 are military officials.