In a breaking development just about half an hour ago the websites of the foreign ministries of Armenia, Turkey and Switzerland posted a release informing about Turkish Armenian protocol agreement on establishing diplomatic relations and improving bilateral tiles.

Today's Zaman has published the 10 points from the details of Kurdish initiative. Turkey is going through historic changes where discussions emerge on Armenian genocide and the Kurdish issue.

Hurriyet Daily News from Turkey today reports that the road map between Turkey and Kurdish nation, aimed to normalizing relations and leading to greater democracy has been leaked to the media by Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan.

A letter from the U.S. Congress, supported by 80 members of the House is urging the "Administration to separate the issues of normalization and genocide recognition." It urges Turkey to stay on track in the Armenia roadmap.

The European Union and the United States have put some pressure upon Turkey to stop the blockade of Armenia and open the border with the country as it's not fitting to a country aspiring for EU membership. The president of Armenian Serzh Sargsyan has initiated the football diplomacy inviting the President of Turkey to watch soccer game together in Armenia. While Turkish president visited Armenia, the situation has not moved. Today Armenian railway says it's ready for opening.

Armenia, who is always being underestimated by it's oil rich neighbor Azerbaijan is slowly growing it's market share in supplying electricity to Iran, Georgia and now Turkey, with which a rapprochement policy has been in process.

In April Barack Obama failed to go the full distance and publicly - as President - call the Armeninian holocaust what it was: Genocide. Many human rights groups were dismayed and furious. But Obama went too far for Turkey which dubbed his remarks "unacceptable." Which makes is surprising that Turkey's PM has conceded that Turkey's past was "facist."

Unidentified men armed with grenades and automatic weapons attacked a wedding party in SE Turkey on Monday, killing at least 45 people.

Turkish society is indeed changing as it is showing more openness to discuss the Armenian Genocide. Now a group of Turkish inteligencia gathers in Istanbul and calls the pogroms of 1915 as the Armenian genocide because not only 1.5 million Armenians were murdered but also their culture, churches and the land hit by destruction.

On Friday, April 24th, U.S. President Barack Obama spoke on Armenian Remembrance Day, also known as Genocide Remembrance Day. However, as he did when he visited Turkey earlier, he refrained from calling the event "genocide," which differs differs from his stance during his presidential campaign.

Is Obama's statement on Armenian killings a great relief for Turkey's government? We will see… Although Obama did not use the G-word as promised, he used the Armenian phraze "Meds Yeghern" for it. Barack Obama was seen by the Turkish diplomats as the most decisive president to use the G-word. Tackling that can be considered as a diplomatic victory on Turkish side. But for the Armenian diaspora, it is certainly the biggest disappoinment ever.