>>511452070
Armenia was always a historical backwater. It's still a little more developed, thanks to the Soviets, than Eastern Turkey today but not by much. Western Turkey is far ahead of Armenia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Turkish_provinces_by_GDP

Similar levels of urban development in Eastern Turkey and Armenia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WutV9VtERG8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC7yzHwS1BQ