It might really sound like what they claim but he doesn't mean that. ''They have said even uglier things, called me Armenian'' he means kemalists and ultra-nationalists calling him ''seed of Armenian'' because he wants normalization with Armenia. There is even that book very popular among kemalists, Children of Moses, Tayyip and Emine(his wife). One thing they can't decide though is he a jew, greek, armenian, iran agent, american puppet, islamist or all them in same time

He is probably the biggest chance of normalization and he doesn't deserve to be called racist. It's acts > words. I won't deny the reality though, if you call a Turk Armenian, he will probably take it as an insult. Mind you, people who live in Armenia are even less friendly to Turks.