The US uses the Armenian case as a lever against Turkey

White House is disappointed in the uncontrollablity of Erdogan’s government, therefore, not having so many leverage for pressing Turkey, it tries to create one more trump card for using it against the Turks, Turkologist Artak Shakaryan said commenting on the Los Angeles court case opened against the two Turkish banks by the heirs of the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

“The United States is trying to increase the pressure leverage over Turkey by using the Armenian Genocide issue and the Armenian the Armenian case,” the speaker said.

However, according to Artak Shakaryan, the Armenian side should not get "too much excited" about this process.

"The United States can create this trump card, for sacrificing it later, " Artak Shakaryan mentioned adding that the United States can step back on the last second to get bigger political dividends from Turkey.

It should be noticed that three heirs of the victims of Armenian Genocide have presented a legal action to Los Angeles court against the Turkish Central Bank and the “Ziraat Bankasi” bank. As the “The Washington Post” periodic reports, the heirs demand 63 million U.S. dollars for the lands of their ancestors occupied by Turks lands, as well as for the territory of the Injirlik strategic base.

The suit is also interesting for the fact that the Turkish side has given the territory to the U.S. for rent and receives a huge profit of it.

According to a number of experts the suit's appearance is directly linked to the decision accepted by the Californian Court of Cassation on December 11, which says that the heirs of the victims of the Armenian Genocide have a right to demand compensation from the U.S. insurance companies.