Sevil Erkuş / Hurriyet Daily News ANKARA Crown Prince Charles and Prince William of Great Britain, as well as Australian actor Russell Crowe, are scheduled to attend the centennial of the Battle of Gallipoli in Çanakkale in late April. The Turkish government, meanwhile, is considering decorating Crowe for his recent film “The Water Diviner,” which…
David Wroe National security correspondent The Sydney Morning Herald Thousands of Australians attending the Gallipoli centenary on Anzac Day will be protected by a massive phalanx of nearly 4000 Turkish police and paramilitary troops amid terrorism fears. Security concerns were heightened on Wednesday after a young woman blew herself up at a police station in…
CANBERRA: Documents obtained under a Freedom of Information request by the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC Australia) confirm that the Australian government continues to be gagged by Turkey on the issue of the Armenian Genocide. In a letter addressed to then-Foreign Minister of Turkey, Ahmet Davutoglu, Julie Bishop writes: “Recognising the important interests at…
SERVET YANATMA / ANKARA TODAY’S ZAMAN While Armenia is getting ready for the commemoration of the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 during World War I throughout this year in a series of events, the Turkish government plans to highlight the 100th year of the Çanakkale (Dardanelles) campaign in response to the Armenians’ efforts by…
ANKARA – Anadolu Agency Hurriyet Daily News Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Turkey’s annual Ambassadors’ Conference would take place in the western Çanakkale province next year, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli. Speaking during parliamentary budget talks about the Foreign Ministry on Dec. 14, Çavuşoğlu said a “meaningful commemoration” of the…
By ELAINE FRY The West Australian Eminent human rights lawyer and QC Geoffrey Robertson’s latest book, An Inconvenient Genocide, draws attention to an important issue that still needs to be addressed: the recognition of the massacre of about one million Armenians on the eve of the Gallipoli landings as “genocide”. “Truth is important – it…
BY GUY WALTERS LONDON DAILY TELEGRAPH From Braveheart to The Imitation Game, the tradition of Hollywood playing fast and loose with historical fact is ancient Actors are used to playing other people – and not just on stage. Today’s Hollywood celebrities seem to be UN ambassadors one minute, novelists the next, and politicians every other…
By Heidi Costello The Bulletin AUSTRALIANS travelling to Gallipoli next year for the Anzac Day commemorations have been warned to be careful. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on Monday issued a security bulletin on risks for the occasion in 2015. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said all Australians should “exercise a high degree of…