Ankara, Turkish Daily News It is the duty of historians and scientists to write history, not of politicians or Parliament, the president commented at a conference on Turkish history yesterday. President Abdullah Gül spoke at the opening of the 11th International Congress of Social and Economic History of Turkey, which took place in Ankara’s Bilkent [...]
Ankara, The New Anatolian Turkey announced its strong opposition to the proposed elections by Armenia in occupied Nagorno Karabakh. A foreign ministry statement said: We learned that so-called “Presidential Election” in the Armenian occupied Nagorno Karabagh region of Azerbaijan, is to be held on July 19, 2007, subsequent to the “Constitutional Referendum” held in the [...]
A document in Russia’s official archives has surfaced that shows Armenians carried out mass killings in 1915, and is one of the strongest pieces of evidence that reveals Yerevan’s claims of “genocide” are nothing but a lie. Turkish academic, Mehmet Perincek, has uncovered a 65-page report while conducting research at the Russian State Military History [...]
Umit Enginsoy, Washington Foreign Minister Ali Babacan separately met with foreign policy advisers of presumed Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and presumed Republican nominee John McCain Monday as part of efforts to prepare for working with the next U.S. administration to be formed after the Nov. 4 elections. The Democratic team included Anthony Lake, Obama’s [...]
Istanbul, Turkish Daily News There is a risk that if Barack Obama becomes president, he might use the word “genocide” for the events of 1915 within his first year, said the director of a prominent think tank. Sedat Laçiner, director of the International Strategic Research Organization, or USAK, warned that if Democratic presidential candidate Obama [...]