BEIRUT, AUGUST 24, ARMENPRESS. The Turkish Government threats to ban Australia's New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell and other state MPs from the Gallipoli centenary celebrations, which are scheduled to be held in 2015. These celebrations are dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the drastic combat of the World War I and must be held on the initiative of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The step of Australia's New South Wales MPs is of a certain importance in respect of the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

The world gets ready for the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the World War I. The ceremony itself hints on the historical incidents, the policy adopted by the countries, and … deliberate genocides organized on the governmental level at the course of the war.

This time the matter is not merely about the initiative of the Armenian side, but involvement of the international programs as well. This is about the initiatives, where the world’s superpowers seek their own goals and objectives, where they have their own messages to address. Those messages and most of the topics may be connected with Ankara due to the current geopolitical situation. Hence, the 100th centenary of the World War I is the right and appropriate scope to involve the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. (THE FULL VERSION OF THE ARTICLE IS AVAILABLE IN ARMENIAN)

Editor-in-Chief of "Azdak" daily Shahan Kandaharian