April 1st, 2014
At a time when the Turkish and Australian diggers are fighting side by side in countries like Afganistan, the hatred fuelled remarks of the Armenian lobby group is yet again attempting to paint the Republic of Turkey in the worst possible light by unfounded allegations with the obvious aim of jeopardising the friendship of Turkey and Australia.
27 Mart 2014
ATA-A Avustralya Savaş Anıtı Müzesinde ‘Tahliye’ (the Evacuation) adıyla sergilenen 1925 yılında Melbourne’da yapılan Bronz heykel’in Türk Bayrağına ve Çanakkale’de savaşan Türk ve Avustralyalı askerlerine ruhuna bir saygısızlık olduğunu bildirdi. Çanakkale Savaşları ardından sanatçı Wallace Anderson tarafından yapılan, Anzak askerinin Türk bayrağını ayakları altına alan ‘Tahliye’ adlı heykel, ATA-A’nın konuyu Avustralya’daki Türklerin gündemine getirmesiyle tepkilere neden oldu.
March 27th, 2014
In spite of the many hundreds of thousands of Australian and New Zealanders who, travelling to ANZAC, are treated as honoured guests, even family. In spite of the genuine and deeply held love and respect Turkish people feel toward those ANZACs, and their dependents, who were after all seeking to invade and occupy the Turkish homeland. In spite of the bonds of friendship that we thought had developed over the past 100 years, we are continually disappointed at the lack of reciprocation of such feelings over the years.