Badri Gyursan, a columnist with the newspaper Milliyet, stated at a press conference in Yerevan today that the Turkish parliament will not ratify the Armenia-Turkey Protocols with significant progress on the Karabakh issue. He said that the process right now is in a dead-end situation given the Azerbaijani factor. Also at the press conference was CNN Turk news advisor Ferhat Borataf, who didn’t rule out the possibility that Turkey would eventually ratify the Protocols as a result of the threat of the United States officially recognizing the 1915 Genocide. Badri Gyursan stated that the ties between the two countries are quite problematic and that while Turkey sees no preconditions in the Protocols, the reality is otherwise. “I would prefer to see the Karabakh issue separated from the Protocol ratification matter but the fact is that the Turkish government is under great pressure, both from Azerbaijan and the Turkish public, to raise the issue.” The CNN Turk news advisor stated, “Turkey and Armenia are not one couple on the floor dancing the tango. It’s a strange type of dance in which five are active, Armenia and Turkey, plus the United States, Russia and Azerbaijan. Turkey wasn’t ready for the vociferous reaction of Baku in the matter. Turkey and Azerbaijan are players in the big energy game between East and West. No one ever thought that Azerbaijan would dare state that it was pulling out of the game. Turkey, as well as the U.S., wants Azerbaijan to remain a player.” Mr. Borataf noted that it President Sargsyan has succeeded in convincing the Armenian diaspora to go along with the Protocols, Turkey, on the other hand, has failed to convince Azerbaijan.