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DOMINICAN NEWSPAPER: TURKEY IS ACCUSED OF CHANGING GALLIPOLI BATTLE DATES
21:38, 20.04.2015
Region:World News, Armenia
Theme: Politics, Analytics
The subject of the Armenian Genocide continues to be publicized in
the farthest corners of the world. The Dominican newspaper Hoy devoted
one of its publications to that topic.
"According to the Turkish side critics, the decision by the Turkish
authorities to put off the events dedicated to the Centenary of the
Battle at Gallipoli can be an attempt to cover Armenians' initiatives
for 100th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide," the newspaper writes.
"Just as last year, Ankara authorities confirmed the decision to hold
the events dedicate to the Centennial of the Battle at Gallipoli on
April 24 - a day before the Soviet Army landed on April 25, 1915.
According to Armenia and many other countries, the mass annihilations
in the Ottoman Empire cost the lives of 1,5 million Armenians and
were planned beforehand.
World leaders have come to confront a difficult choice in terms of
which country to visit. Among those leaders is Russia's President
Vladimir Putin, who, according to the newspaper Kommersant, will
nonetheless head to Armenia, while the Parliament Speaker - the forth
official representative of the country by office - will visit Turkey,"
the newspaper reports.
http://hoy.com.do/armenia-a-100-anos-del-genocidio/
http://news.am/eng/news/262988.html
21:38, 20.04.2015
Region:World News, Armenia
Theme: Politics, Analytics
The subject of the Armenian Genocide continues to be publicized in
the farthest corners of the world. The Dominican newspaper Hoy devoted
one of its publications to that topic.
"According to the Turkish side critics, the decision by the Turkish
authorities to put off the events dedicated to the Centenary of the
Battle at Gallipoli can be an attempt to cover Armenians' initiatives
for 100th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide," the newspaper writes.
"Just as last year, Ankara authorities confirmed the decision to hold
the events dedicate to the Centennial of the Battle at Gallipoli on
April 24 - a day before the Soviet Army landed on April 25, 1915.
According to Armenia and many other countries, the mass annihilations
in the Ottoman Empire cost the lives of 1,5 million Armenians and
were planned beforehand.
World leaders have come to confront a difficult choice in terms of
which country to visit. Among those leaders is Russia's President
Vladimir Putin, who, according to the newspaper Kommersant, will
nonetheless head to Armenia, while the Parliament Speaker - the forth
official representative of the country by office - will visit Turkey,"
the newspaper reports.
http://hoy.com.do/armenia-a-100-anos-del-genocidio/
http://news.am/eng/news/262988.html