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05 Feb
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Who is responsible for the closing of Turkish-Armenian border ?

by Maxime Gauin

A growing campaign, inside and outside Turkey, is advocating the opening of the Turkish-Armenian border, without asking anything of Armenia, as if the Turkish government was the only, or at least the main, actor responsible for the current situation. To understand the real causes of blockade, we can begin with two recent events. This, month, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan invited his Armenian counterpart to the centennial of the Çanakkale (Gallipoli) battle. Mr. Serge Sarkisian answered negatively. After all, he had the right to refuse, but his letter was unsophisticated and aggressive. He stressed the Armenian sufferings only.

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03 Feb
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03.02.2015 – Great news for multiculturalism and harmony!

ATA-A MEDIA RELEASE

February 3rd, 2015

Great news for multiculturalism and harmony

Multicultural NSW (CRC) Adopts guidelines on Recognition of Historical Events

Multicultural NSW (formerly known as Community Relations Commission) has recently adopted a new set of guidelines for local and state governments about “Recognition of Historical Events” . Click here for a PDF of full guidelines..

While expressing the importance of the “respect the right of free speech and expression of opinion” Multicultural NSW also asks the local and state governments to “consider the impact of their decision to community harmony” and “ensure it does not contribute to victimisation of any individual group” and “it is consistent with the foreign policy positions, as determined by the Commonwealth Government” when “recognising an historical event”.

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30 Jan
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Greece’s new PM Tsipras reported to be from northwestern Turkey

Greece’s new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, the leader of leftist Syriza, is a grandson of a family who had moved to Greece from Turkey’s northwestern province of Kırklareli, a local newspaper published in the northwestern province of Edirne has claimed.

Hudut daily reported on Thursday that forty-year-old Tsipraz is originally from Turkey. Claiming that Tsipraz is the grandchild of a family who used to reside in Babaeski village of Kırklareli before moving to Greece, the daily said that the Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP) Edirne provincial head Nevzat Çolak had met with Tsipras while he paid a visit to Edirne in 2010 for a special occasion.

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30 Jan
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Aleksis Çipras ‘Emşeri Çıktı!

Yunanistan’da erken genel seçimleri kazanarak başbakan olan Aleksis Çipras, Trakyalı çıktı.

Edirne’de yayımlanan Hudut Gazetesi’nin haberine göre, yakaladığı başarıyla tüm dünyanın ilgisini çeken Radikal Sol İttifak (SYRİZA) lideri Aleksis Çipras (40), Kırklareli’ye bağlı Babaeski’nin köyünden göç etmiş bir ailenin torunu.

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