@article{article_600755, title={A CENTURY LATER: TOWARDS TURKISH-ARMENIAN RAPPROCHEMENT?}, journal={Review of Armenian Studies}, pages={153–180}, year={2015}, keywords={Turkey, Armenia, Armenian massacres, TARC, David Phillips, Joint Committees of Experts, Ara Sarafian-Yusuf Halaçoğlu Initiative, WATS, Ragnar Naess Initiative, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Switzerland, Abdullah Gul, Serzh Sarkisyan, Soccer Diplomacy, Zurich Protocols, Jennifer Lind, Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan, genocide, buyuk felaket/mets yeghern}, abstract={This article examines various attempts that have been made tobegin the process of reconciliation between Turkey and Armenia includingthe TARC, Joint Committees of Experts proposals, Sarafian-Halaçoğluinitiative, and WATS. However, the main emphasis is on the Soccerdiplomacy that began in 2008 and led to the two Zurich Protocols thatwere signed on October 10, 2009. These two protocols would haveestablished an intergovernmental commission to examine problemsbetween the two states and diplomatic relations between them. However,the optimism over this achievement quickly faded when nationalistelements in both states blocked the ratification of these two protocols.However the very fact that Turkey and Armenia signed the Protocols toestablish diplomatic relations, open their borders, and create a HistoricalCommission to examine their history illustrates that progress is beingmade even if ratification is not presently possible. What is more, tracktwo diplomacy between the two ancient enemies continues and is clearlybeyond the point of no return. Turks and Armenians will continue to workthrough civil society contacts and exchanges that will lessen negativestereotypes and construct new confidences. The article ends withrecommendations for the future}, number={31}, publisher={Terazi Yayıncılık}