NSW Parliament’s recent decision to recognize the Genocide of Pontian Greeks, Assyrians and Armenians, triggered Turkey’s strong reaction.
According to the newspaper The Weekend Australian, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the relevant resolution of the parliament of the second largest Australian State and talked about “hate speeches that have nothing to do with the actual historical data.”
According to the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs the relevant resolution “which is full of inaccuracies and exaggerations was adopted without any check,” while it is stressed that “such actions affect the warm relations between Australia and Turkey”.
The Consulate General of Turkey to Australia, Gülseren Çelik, wrote a letter to the NSW Parliament in which she stresses that, “Australia has nothing to gain by keeping alive controversial historical events and by taking them to places they do not belong”.
Meanwhile, during the weekend the Pontian Hellenism of Australia honored the memory of its ancestors, who were massacred by the Turks in the Asia Minor Catastrophe.
On May 18, Diaspora organizations laid wreaths at the Australian-Greek War Memorial to the fallen men, and on May 19 the traditional memorial at St. Efstathios Cathedral took place.
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