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10 Mar
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Armenian Lobby Hatred Laid Bare

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by Ertunc Ozen, CEO of Australian Turkish Advocacy Alliance

Since its inception ATA-A’s main goal was to try to get community leaders to see the very real dangers in making a political football of foreign historical events. This is especially so given our multicultural community and harmony. We have never shied away from debating issues, and in fact welcome informed debate (rather than megaphone diplomacy), and keenly await the day we can sit down and discuss, with mutual respect, our common history with certain Armenian and Greek lobby groups.

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06 Mar
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03.03.2015 – The Demolition of the Ancient Assyrian City of Nimrud

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ATA-A Media Release

The Demolition of the Ancient Assyrian City of Nimrud by ISIS-Daesh Terrorists

March 6th, 2015

As the Australian Turkish Advocacy Alliance (‘ATA-A’), we are shocked by the reports that the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud is being bulldozed by the ISIS-Daesh Terrorists, started on Thursday.
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04 Mar
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Soft power, Samantha Power and soft intellectuals

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by Tal Buenos (*)

Power considerations explain the lingering genocide accusation campaign against Turkey. In international relations, power means the ability to get another state to do what it otherwise would not do. From the perspective of the U.S., how does it try to get Turkey to do things that Turkey would otherwise not do? The fact that the U.S. and Turkey have been enjoying mutually beneficial military and economic cooperation has two clear meanings. One, it would not be rational for the U.S. to threaten Turkey through military action or economic sanctions and two, there is a strong incentive for the U.S. to find ways to maintain this high level of cooperation either through obvious rewards or through a semblance of them.

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16 Feb
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16.02.2015 – SMH Article about Multicultural NSW Guidelines on February 16th 2015

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MEDIA RELEASE : SMH Article about Multicultural NSW Guidelines
on February 16th 2015

February 16th, 2015

As the Australian Turkish Advocacy Alliance (“ATA-A”) We strongly oppose the assertions by the Sydney Morning Herald made on Monday Feb 16, 2015. ATA-A was founded by many Australian Turkish associations as an umbrella organisation in 2013 to advocate on behalf of the interests of the Australian Turkish community. One of our many roles is to advocate against turning foreign historical conflicts into a political football in Australia. (more…)

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