BY SOFIA MANUKYAN Asbarez While for some 2015 might not seem to be an outstanding year, for two Republics in the Anatolian region, Armenia and Turkey, 2015 promises to be filled with a “race” of whose voice will be louder and whose claims will be stronger. For Armenians, 2015 is a remarkable year, as it…
A spat over the use of the word “genocide” in NSW threatens the centenary of the landings. By Luke Hunt The Diplomat Gallipoli, Turkey – A diplomatic row between Turkey and politicians from the Australian state of New South Wales is threatening the commemorations for the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings, which resulted in…
Premier weighs into diplomatic row sparked by state parliament’s acknowledgement of 1915 genocide Helen Davidson The Guardian The New South Wales premier, Barry O’Farrell, has poured fuel on a diplomatic row with Turkey, saying comments by the consul general on the threat to ban NSW politicians from Gallipoli commemorations were “a terrible indictment … of…
By defence correspondent Michael Brissenden ABC The Turkish Government has threatened to ban all members of the NSW Parliament from attending the centenary commemorations at Gallipoli in 2015. The move comes in response to motions passed unanimously by the parliament in May officially recognising the Armenian genocide. The notion of a genocide has long been…
The Armenian-Turkish officer Torossian was awarded medals by Enver Pasha Robert Fisk The Independent Think Captain Terossian. Confronted by the chilling hundredth anniversary of the genocide of one and a half million Armenian men, women and children at the hands of the Ottoman Turks in 1915, Turkey’s government is planning to swamp memories of the…
Lest we forget By Gideon Polya MWC News On ANZAC Day, Australia’s most sacred day, the nation solemnly pauses to remember those 100,000 Australian heroes who have died in wars. The phrase inextricably linked to ANZAC Day is “Lest we forget”. However the Mainstream media, politicians and academics of Australia have overwhelmingly ignored – “forgotten”-…
By David T. Rowlands Green Left Weekly The truth about Anzac Day is that it is as much about denial as it is about remembrance. It is a denial that functions for both sides of the original conflict. The two countries that have invested much energy into sustaining the Gallipoli industry — Australia and Turkey…
PM Erdogan says the nation inherited pride and self-confidence from the victory in the battle of the Dardenelles. CANAKKALE, Turkey Ceremonies to commemorate the deaths of the hundreds of thousands of Turkish men ‘of all nationalities’ who died 99 years ago today during the battle of the Dardanelles, were held across the country on Tuesday….