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Turkish information sources report that on the eve of signing Armenian-Turkish protocols Western media covers the topic with greatest interests.

Turkish “Cumhuriyet” writes that British “The Economist” follows Armenian-Turkish developments.

“A new deal but the old quarrels persist,” writes British Economist.

Mr Erdogan has made clear, writes the paper, that Armenia needs to cede some of the occupied territories around Nagorno-Karabakh before the agreement can be approved, as Azerbaijan, which sells large quantities of oil and gas to Turkey, threatens to turn to Russia.

“The concern for Turkey may then be that merely signing a deal with Armenia without ratifying it will not be enough to stave off threats by America’s Congress to pass a bill labeling the Armenian tragedy as genocide,” Economist writes.

Concluding the story it is said that the past week’s events show that, even if Turkey and Armenia shake hands, the diaspora will keep to its cause. But the question Turkey should ask itself is how long it can evade the ghosts of its bloody past.