No Incentive for Turkey, Armenia To Normalize Relations - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Cengiz Candar

May 3, 2013

Presidents Serzh Sarksyan of Armenia (L) and Abdullah Gul of Turkey listen to the national anthems prior the World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match betwwen Turkey and Armenia at Ataturk stadium in Bursa, western Turkey, October 14, 2009. The presidents of Turkey and Armenia attended a World Cup soccer match courting popular support for an agreement to reopen their border and restore ties poisoned over a century of mutual hostility. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY POLITICS SPORT SOCCER) - RTXPMWS — Presidents Serzh Sarksyan of Armenia (L) and Abdullah Gul of Turkey at a World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match in Bursa, Turkey, October 14, 2009. — REUTERS/Murad Sezer

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The Church of the Holy Cross, an Armenian church on Akdamar Island in Lake Van, is seen near the eastern Turkish city of Van June 27, 2010. Now a state museum, it has become the latest symbol of the difficult reconciliation between the Armenia and Turkey as the latter prepares to open the site for a one-day religious service next month. Muslim Turkey and Christian Armenia are bitterly divided over their troubled history and the border remains closed despite U.S.-brokered peace accords signed last year. Pict

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