16 October 2025
The commemorations of the victory on August 30 are widespread every year, but too few Turks know today that August 30 does not mean only a military success, but also a victory against the war crimes of the Greek army and its Armenian volunteers. Swiss journalist Noëlle Roger observed around 1930 that there was no plaque, and even no design to unveil a plaque, to mark the Greek atrocities.[1] Nevertheless, these atrocities started since the very first day of the Greek landing : May 15, 1919. (…)
Israelis do not remember that in the year of the expulsion, 1492, the country that opened its gates to the exiles from Spain - without constructing prison facilities for them - was Ottoman Turkey.
“The only oasis of the tribe, for which all other countries are hell as far as it is concerned,” was the way Ze’ev Jabotinsky described what Ottoman Turkey was to its Jewish subjects for centuries (from “Jews in Turkey,” Odessa News, February 14, 1909).
After the Turkish vessel Mavi Marmara (…)
Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said on Wednesday that it is a great mistake for democratic countries to involve their parliaments in the Armenian issue.
Speaking at a private meeting in İstanbul, Villepin said that the Armenian claims of genocide during the forced migration by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 is “the work of historians” and “you cannot rewrite history through law.”
Referring to the important role that Turkish President Abdullah Gül has played in the (…)
On February 26, a vernissage of the exhibition "The Night of Khojaly" comprised of paintings which French Artist Renaud Baltzinger devoted to the Khojaly tragedy, was held at the Cultural Centre of Azerbaijan in Paris, the website of Heydar Aliyev Foundation reported on Tuesday.
The organizational support was provided by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the Heydar Aliyev Centre and Azerbaijan’s Embassy in France. In addition to paintings, photos related to the bloody event were displayed at (…)
DHA photo : Severoğlu, the head of Gaziantep Architects’ Chamber, claims that France owes an apology to the city. French soldiers used Turkish children in Gaziantep as war prisoners after World War I, the head of Gaziantep Architects’ Chamber said, calling the incident a humanitarian crime that France must apologize to the city for.
Sıtkı Severoğlu claimed the chamber had historical documents showing that French soldier had used children as prisoners of war, felled trees and overlooked the (…)
The eighth session of the OIC Parliamentary Union held in Khartoum (Sudan) has ended, according to the Istanbul headquarters of the OIC Youth Forum.
The organization unites the parliaments of 51 OIC member-states and holds its sessions once in two years in one of the countries of Africa, Asia and Arab region.
According to sources in the headquarters of the OIC Youth Forum, as part of the initiative launched by the OIC Youth forum and the adopted resolution “Cooperation between the OIC PU (…)
