Last year, in order to ignore the commemorations of the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had decided to shift the Victory ceremonies of Gallipoli (Dardanelles) in Turkey … on 24 April. But this year, the commemoration of the Battle of Gallipoli has resumed its usual date and will be celebrated on March 18 according to the Turkish news agency Anadolu (Anatolia) with two events. Note that contrary to expectations of Ankara, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide at the genocide memorial in Yerevan had a global echo with dozens of media in the world came in the Armenian capital to cover the event. And unlike the Gallipoli ceremonies had been ignored by the media …

Krikor Amirzayan