Turkoglu answered APA’s question “Turkish media reports that the Armenian-Turkish border will be opened in September. Is it possible?” He said that these reports are groundless: “Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also refuted them. The road from Igdir till Alican customs post on the border with Armenia has been paved with asphalt not for the opening of the border, but for free movement of the people in the region.”
Gurcan Turkoglu was one of the closest diplomats to Gul both when he was Foreign Minister and President.