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Russia knows genocide well, Turkey fires back Turkey said on April 24 that it rejected and condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin calling the 1915 mass killings of Ottoman Armenians a 'genocide'

Turkey shares Armenians' pain for 'sorrowful events' of 1915 Turkish President Erdoğan sends a trilingual message to today's historic religious ceremony held by the Armenian Patriarchate in Istanbul

Russian, French presidents attend Yerevan commemoration Russian and French presidents, who have both named the killing of Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire during World War I 'genocide,' attended ceremonies in Yerevan April 24

• Minister: Turkey ‘courageous’ enough to have nuclear plant

  Turkey is not less courageous than other countries which have nuclear power plants, the country’s energy minister has said, as concerns lingered over the safety of Turkey’s first nuclear power plant, which is being constructed in the southern province of Mersin
  

• Turkey's top court chief and gov’t in disharmony over individual access burden

  The president of Turkey’s Constitutional Court has made it clear they can cope with the massive number of individual applications filed to the Court and indicated there was no need for a systemic review of the current mechanism, as the government has suggested
  

• As is happened: Turkey, world leaders remember Gallipoli battle centenary

  Turkey on April 24 hosted world leaders to commemorate the centenary of the World War I battle of Gallipoli, sending out a message of reconciliation -- and patriotic pride over one of the most dramatic Ottoman victories of the war. 
  

• Obama’s nuanced 1915 statement avoids ‘genocide’

  Fulfilling expectations, U.S. President Barack Obama has refrained from using the word “genocide” in a statement to mark the 100th anniversary of the mass deportation of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, while praising two figures who did so in the past.
  

• Armenia ready for normalization of ties, President Sargsyan says

  Opening the border between Turkey and Armenia would create an atmosphere of trust and benefit business, Armenian President Sargsyan tells daily Hürriyet.
  

• Ottoman military graveyard found on Greek island off Gallipoli

  On the 100th anniversary commemoration of the Gallipoli Campaign, Ankara discovers a military graveyard on a Greek island where Turkish and Egyptian soldiers were buried by British forces
  

• Ankara court halts construction plans in Ulus historic city center

  A local court in Ankara has ruled for a stay of execution on the reconstruction plan of Ankara’s historic Ulus city center on the grounds that the plan does not serve the public good
  

• Minister: Turkey ‘courageous’ enough to have nuclear plant

  Turkey is not less courageous than other countries which have nuclear power plants, the country’s energy minister has said, as concerns lingered over the safety of Turkey’s first nuclear power plant, which is being constructed in the southern province of Mersin
  

• Turkey's top court chief and gov’t in disharmony over individual access burden

  The president of Turkey’s Constitutional Court has made it clear they can cope with the massive number of individual applications filed to the Court and indicated there was no need for a systemic review of the current mechanism, as the government has suggested
  

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Turkish lira falls to record low against dollar  The Turkish Lira dropped to its lowest rate, 2.742, against the U.S. dollar on April 24, as the euro gained excessively Comment(s) 4/24/2015

Probe opened against 56 people who protested hydroelectric plants in Black Sea town A public prosecutor has opened an investigation against 56 villagers in the Black Sea town of Zile who protested against three hydroelectric power plant (HES) projects in their city Comment(s) 4/24/2015

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GREEN Ministry’s plan allows facilities to be built in Turkey's untouched Ihlara Valley  Erdinç Çelikkan – ANKARA The Turkish Environment and Urbanization Ministry has prepared a special environment protection plan for the Ihlara Valley in Turkey’s central Anatolian province of Aksaray, where the construction of daily facilities such as buffets and tea gardens will be permitted Comment(s) 4/24/2015

LOCAL Governor refuses HDP rally request, AKP rally a day later permitted in eastern Turkey ERZİNCAN The Governor’s Office in the eastern province of Erzincan has refused to grant permission to the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) to hold an election rally on April 25, citing an election rally by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) scheduled for April 26 as the reason Comment(s) 4/24/2015

UN welcomes EU migrant plan, asks for more GENEVA – Reuters The United Nations welcomed on April 24 the European Union’s plan to triple the size of its naval search mission in the Mediterranean, but said the key test was whether lives were saved and those fleeing war had a chance of gaining asylum Comment(s) 4/24/2015

4/24/2015Police: 14 migrants killed by train in Macedonia

4/24/2015Istanbul police disperse students commemorating 1915 massacres

4/24/2015Tunisian accused in migrant boat disaster appears in Italian court

4/24/2015Fraudster claiming to be from Health Ministry asks for photos of young women’s breasts

Iran energy sector offers $30 billion business potential, envoy says ANKARA – Anadolu Agency The Iranian energy sector may pose an investment window of tens of billions of U.S. dollars for companies if the Western sanctions are lifted, the Islamic republic’s ambassador to Turkey has told Anadolu Agency Comment(s) 4/24/2015

Trial begins in death of Turkish-German heroine  DARMSTADT, Germany – Agence France-Presse An 18-year-old defendant apologised April 24 for the death of a young German-Turkish woman who became a national symbol of courage for giving her life trying to protect two teenage girls Comment(s) 4/24/2015

Turkish nationalist group lays wreath in front of Armenian newspaper ISTANBUL A group of Turkish nationalists left black wreaths in front of Agos, the bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly, in the early hours of April 24 in an apparently aggressive move against the newspaper, whose editor Hrant Dink was murder by a nationalist in 2007 Comment(s) 4/24/2015

Man sentenced to 8 years for assaulting old woman in southeastern Turkey DİYARBAKIR – Doğan News Agency A man who was tried on sexual assault allegations against a 70-year-old paralyzed and visually-impaired woman in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır has been given a reduced sentence of eight years and four months in jail on the grounds of good conduct abatement Comment(s) 4/24/2015

17 arrested in second wave of exam cheating case in Turkey ANKARA – Anadolu Agency A total of 17 suspects allegedly involved in fraud connected to Turkey’s Public Personnel Selection Exam (KPSS) held in 2010 were arrested April 24 in a second wave of arrests, while 25 others were released on probation Comment(s) 4/24/2015

HSBC says looking into moving headquarters from Britain LONDON – Reuters HSBC Holdings, Europe’s biggest bank, will review whether to move its headquarters out of Britain, potentially dealing a blow to a country trying to balance tighter regulation with the importance of the financial industry to its economy Comment(s) 4/24/2015

After rescue, a long, agonizing wait for migrants in Italy MINEO - The Associated Press Silla Zelia, a 23-year-old from Ivory Coast, is stuck in Italy’s largest migrant center with nowhere to go after her asylum application was twice rejected and she lost contact with her family in Abidjan Comment(s) 4/24/2015

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• Cracking the wall of forgetfulness

  
  

  GÜVEN SAK writes :

  While Pax Ottomanica was based on military might, Pax Turcica in Anatolia has been based on forgetfulness. It was too painful and too complicated for the would-be nation builders in Ankara to deal with the memory of a massive empire. 

  Comment(s) 4/25/2015

• The 100th anniversary of Anzac Day: ‘Mateship’ between Australia and Turkey

  
  

  CONTRIBUTOR
  JULIA NHO writes :

  This year’s Anzac Day marks the centenary of the Gallipoli landing, a significant historic event for both Australia and Turkey.

  Comment(s) 4/25/2015

• Why Turkey’s view of the Armenian issue should not be suppressed

  
  

  ÖZDEM SANBERK writes :

  When a Turk is writing about the Armenian problem from a Turkish point of view, he is conscious that he will probably not be heard by the rest of the world.

  Comment(s) 4/24/2015

• Genocide recognitions further isolate Turkey

  
  

  SERKAN DEMİRTAŞ writes :

  In a comprehensive interview with daily Hürriyet’s Cansu Çamlıbel on April 24, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan underlined in an open way that Armenia’s “struggle does not end in 2015 – it will just enter a more mature phase.” 

  Comment(s) 4/25/2015

• ASALA victim calls for friendship

  
  

  VERDA ÖZER writes :

  While Turkey has been locked on the genocide debate on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Massacres, the victims of ASALA are totally forgotten.

  Comment(s) 4/25/2015

• Why do AKP officials fear the rise of the HDP? 

  
  

  MEHMET Y. YILMAZ writes :

  Deputy Prime Minister Yalçın Akdoğan, speaking on a TV show on the state TRT channel, said it would create “some problems” if the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) crosses the 10 percent election threshold.

  Comment(s) 4/25/2015

• Armenians, on the same day as Gallipoli

  
  

  YALÇIN DOĞAN writes :

  The first Armenian prime minister, Hovhannes Katchaznouni, confirmed this: “The British invasion boosted our hopes; we formed our volunteer troops against the Ottoman army.”

  Comment(s) 4/25/2015

• Don’t forget the mothers’ tears while evaluating manifestos

  
  

  MELİS ALPHAN writes :

  In the fifth hearing of the Soma case, where 301 miners died, the mother of one of the victims addressed the panel of judges. “If I were the sea, my pain would be reflected on the shores..."

  Comment(s) 4/25/2015

• Cracking the wall of forgetfulness

  
  

  GÜVEN SAK writes :

  While Pax Ottomanica was based on military might, Pax Turcica in Anatolia has been based on forgetfulness. It was too painful and too complicated for the would-be nation builders in Ankara to deal with the memory of a massive empire. 

  Comment(s) 4/25/2015

• The 100th anniversary of Anzac Day: ‘Mateship’ between Australia and Turkey

  
  

  CONTRIBUTOR
  JULIA NHO writes :

  This year’s Anzac Day marks the centenary of the Gallipoli landing, a significant historic event for both Australia and Turkey.

  Comment(s) 4/25/2015

• Why Turkey’s view of the Armenian issue should not be suppressed

  
  

  ÖZDEM SANBERK writes :

  When a Turk is writing about the Armenian problem from a Turkish point of view, he is conscious that he will probably not be heard by the rest of the world.

  Comment(s) 4/24/2015

• Genocide recognitions further isolate Turkey

  
  

  SERKAN DEMİRTAŞ writes :

  In a comprehensive interview with daily Hürriyet’s Cansu Çamlıbel on April 24, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan underlined in an open way that Armenia’s “struggle does not end in 2015 – it will just enter a more mature phase.” 

  Comment(s) 4/25/2015

• ASALA victim calls for friendship

  
  

  VERDA ÖZER writes :

  While Turkey has been locked on the genocide debate on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Massacres, the victims of ASALA are totally forgotten.

  Comment(s) 4/25/2015

• Why do AKP officials fear the rise of the HDP? 

  
  

  MEHMET Y. YILMAZ writes :

  Deputy Prime Minister Yalçın Akdoğan, speaking on a TV show on the state TRT channel, said it would create “some problems” if the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) crosses the 10 percent election threshold.

  Comment(s) 4/25/2015

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