"Is Turkey 'Changing' The Anzac Memorial At Gallipoli" Topic
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| Tango01 | 19 Jun 2017 9:18 p.m. PST |
… To Make Way For An 'Islamist Inscription'?
"The Turkish government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has removed from a revered Anzac Cove memorial the familiar words attributed to Turkey's founding father, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, likening Australia's dead "Johnnies" to Ottoman "Mehmets" and welcoming them to rest in his country's soil.
The renovation of the 1985 monument has heightened suspicions in Australia and Turkey that the refurbished memorial could reflect a growing Islamist interpretation by the Erdoğan administration of Australia's part in the 1915 British-commanded Anzac invasion of – and later retreat from – Gallipoli…"
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| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 19 Jun 2017 10:07 p.m. PST |
Not sure what the big deal is… we change and remove memorials here in the USA too. |
| Arteis02 | 19 Jun 2017 10:25 p.m. PST |
The memorial is being refurbished, not changed. But you have to scroll right down to the bottom of that page to find this out! Here are the last three paragraphs: The Canakkale battlefield Gallipoli historical area directorate, a Turkish national agency responsible for monuments on the Gallipoli Peninsula, issued a statement on 19 June saying that the wording on the restored monument "will be the same as in the past". The statement reads: "There has been misunderstanding and rumours in some media outlets regarding the Turkish monument at Ariburnu. The monument at Ariburnu is not being destroyed or altered. The stonework has been removed due to deterioration that has occurred over the years, and will be restored and replaced. "Fifteen similar monuments on the peninsula are also being restored in the same way as part of a programme. With regard to those monuments, history is not being destroyed or rewritten, and Ataturk's words will not be lost. The wording will be the same as in the past." |
| Calico Bill | 19 Jun 2017 11:08 p.m. PST |
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| emckinney | 20 Jun 2017 10:27 a.m. PST |
Don't trust the statement until you see the end result. The Turkish government increasingly tries to mask its intentions, unfortunately. |
| ITALWARS | 20 Jun 2017 2:03 p.m. PST |
i'm sure they are shadowing the truth…the hate by defeated people toward their vancors among people that are experimenting a return to Middle Age is major factor…Atarturk and Military Gvts that followed were modernizers..today's masters of Turkey are waht we see |
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