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U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday said the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide, a historic declaration that infuriated Turkey and is set to further strain frayed ties between the two NATO allies. The largely symbolic move, breaking away from decades of carefully calibrated language from the White House, will likely to be celebrated by the Armenian diaspora in the United States, but comes at a time when Ankara and Washington have deep policy disagreements over a host of issues. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Turkey «entirely rejects» the ...

Erdogan is MENA’s most popular leader, Arab Barometer finds Turkey's promotion of cultural heritage, including through its tourism and entertainment sectors, is one reason for Erdogan's popularity. However, the perception of the Ottoman legacy is gradually shifting from one of praise to one of condemnation toward Turkish policies. In this handout picture released by the Turkish presidential press office, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) and invited guests attend Friday prayers at Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque during the building's first official prayers after being reconverted...

In Defense of EU’s COVID-19 Vaccine Strategy By Dimitris Katsikas and Apostolos Fasianos - 16 April 2021 Despite failures, the EU’s COVID-19 vaccine strategy constitutes a strong display of European solidarity. In recent months, the EU has been criticized over its handling of the vaccines’ procurement process. Although part of that criticism has merit, as the President of the European Commission herself has acknowledged, it mostly concerns legal and administrative aspects of the process. In this context, it is necessary not to lose sight of the most important feature of EU’s approach...

13 April 2021 10:35am Political historian Professor Thanos Veremis will be the speaker for the online lecture on Thursday, 15 April that is sponsored by the Greek community of Melbourne as part of its Greek History and Culture Seminars series. A founding member of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELLIAMEP), Prof Veremis, is Professor Emeritus of Political History at the University of Athens’ Department of European and International Studies. His online lecture, which will begin at 7pm, is entitled “1821 Birth of a Nation State”. The professor said that the Greek W...

Last Updated On: Apr 08 2021 10:55 Gmt+3 Turkey has spent millions of dollars on sometimes bizarre campaigns to dissuade the American government from calling the murder and expulsion of the vast majority of the Armenians in Anatolia during World War One a genocide. For decades, the United States government has tiptoed around the issue, afraid of the fallout it could precipitate in U.S.-Turkish relations. Ultimately, all this money and effort appears to have been a waste. At the end of 2019, the United States Congress and Senate passed a resolution to officially “(1) commemorate the Armenia...