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Today's Zaman, Turkey
March 15 2015
ErdoÄ?an says 50 countries expected to attend Apr. 24 Gallipoli events
Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an addresses a meeting in
Çanakkale on Saturday. (Photo: DHA)
March 14, 2015, Saturday/ 16:39:35/ TODAYSZAMAN.COM / ISTANBUL
Representatives from about 50 countries, including heads of states and
prime ministers, are expected to attend events Turkey will host on
April 24 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli
Campaign of the First World War, Turkish President Recep Tayyip
ErdoÄ?an said on Saturday.
Addressing a meeting in the northwestern province of Çanakkale, the
venue of the planned events, ErdoÄ?an said the participants will
include the prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand, whose ANZAC
forces fought against the Ottoman army during the 1915-16 campaign, as
well as presidents from other countries.
`Confirmations [from countries invited] so far show that perhaps up to
50 nations will be represented, including [those countries which will
send] ministers,' ErdoÄ?an said.
ErdoÄ?an also said he himself will be attending the ceremonies on April 24.
Turkey announced it will host international events to commemorate the
centennial of the Gallipoli Campaign on April 24, a date that
coincides with annual commemoration of what Armenians claim was a
genocide of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during the First World
War years.
More than 100 countries, including Armenia, were invited to the events
in Çanakkale but Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan swiftly dismissed
the invitation, saying in an open letter addressing ErdoÄ?an that it is
an attempt to distract the world's attention from the 100th
anniversary of the alleged genocide.
Russian officials announced last week that Russian President Vladimir
Putin will attend the `genocide' commemoration in the Armenian capital
of Yerevan on Apr. 24.
Armenians say 1.5 million people were killed during the First World
War years in eastern Anatolia as part of a systematic genocide
campaign against the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire. Turkey
categorically rejects that claim, saying both that the death toll is
inflated and that the Armenians were killed while the Ottoman Empire
was trying to quell unrest caused by Armenian attacks on Turkish
population in an effort to establish an Armenian state in eastern
Anatolia.
http://www.todayszaman.com/diplomacy_erdogan-says-50-countries-expected-to-attend-apr-24-gallipoli-events_375246.html
March 15 2015
ErdoÄ?an says 50 countries expected to attend Apr. 24 Gallipoli events
Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an addresses a meeting in
Çanakkale on Saturday. (Photo: DHA)
March 14, 2015, Saturday/ 16:39:35/ TODAYSZAMAN.COM / ISTANBUL
Representatives from about 50 countries, including heads of states and
prime ministers, are expected to attend events Turkey will host on
April 24 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli
Campaign of the First World War, Turkish President Recep Tayyip
ErdoÄ?an said on Saturday.
Addressing a meeting in the northwestern province of Çanakkale, the
venue of the planned events, ErdoÄ?an said the participants will
include the prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand, whose ANZAC
forces fought against the Ottoman army during the 1915-16 campaign, as
well as presidents from other countries.
`Confirmations [from countries invited] so far show that perhaps up to
50 nations will be represented, including [those countries which will
send] ministers,' ErdoÄ?an said.
ErdoÄ?an also said he himself will be attending the ceremonies on April 24.
Turkey announced it will host international events to commemorate the
centennial of the Gallipoli Campaign on April 24, a date that
coincides with annual commemoration of what Armenians claim was a
genocide of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during the First World
War years.
More than 100 countries, including Armenia, were invited to the events
in Çanakkale but Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan swiftly dismissed
the invitation, saying in an open letter addressing ErdoÄ?an that it is
an attempt to distract the world's attention from the 100th
anniversary of the alleged genocide.
Russian officials announced last week that Russian President Vladimir
Putin will attend the `genocide' commemoration in the Armenian capital
of Yerevan on Apr. 24.
Armenians say 1.5 million people were killed during the First World
War years in eastern Anatolia as part of a systematic genocide
campaign against the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire. Turkey
categorically rejects that claim, saying both that the death toll is
inflated and that the Armenians were killed while the Ottoman Empire
was trying to quell unrest caused by Armenian attacks on Turkish
population in an effort to establish an Armenian state in eastern
Anatolia.
http://www.todayszaman.com/diplomacy_erdogan-says-50-countries-expected-to-attend-apr-24-gallipoli-events_375246.html