Presidential sources refute claims by Gülenist daily that Gallipoli commemorations canceled
DAILY SABAH Presidential and Prime Ministry sources have denied allegations that were reported Sunday in Today’s Zaman, a daily affiliated with the Gülen ...
Month: February 2015
[April 24] Gallipoli commemorations cancelled due to lack of international interest
February 21, 2015, Saturday/ 17:00:00/ LAMİYA ADİLGIZI / ISTANBUL Centennial commemorations of the Gallipoli Campaign of World War I initiated by the Turkish go...
Monuments to brutal truth, or to racial disharmony? Hard questions for multicultural NSW
Rick Feneley News and features writer The Sydney Morning Herald A row over monuments to historical atrocities is testing some of the assumptions of a harmonious...
Turkish president rebukes Armenian rejection of April 24 invitation
BOGOTA Hurriyet Daily News Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called on Armenia to examine the 1915 events through the lens of “science, not politics,” ...
Turkey: Steeped in yesteryear
By Brett Atkinson The New Zealand Herald Modern history is a presence in Turkey that confronts visitors, writes Brett Atkinson. For Kiwis, though, the welcome i...
Turkey Rights Groups Call on World Leaders to Boycott Gallipoli, Visit Yerevan on Genocide Centennial
On Feb. 6, human rights organizations in Turkey issued a statement urging world leaders to reject Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s invitation to take pa...
US envoy indirectly joins presidential system debate in Turkey
ANKARA Hurriyet Daily News The American administrative system, composed of three separate but co-equal branches of government, is the result of 238 years of exp...