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Turkey - Public and members of certain press groups banned from Gallipoli commemorations in cemeteries. (Bugun).
Ordinary citizens as well as members of certain press establishments will be banned from the cemeteries of the fallen soldiers who were killed during the World War I's Gallipoli Campaign.
Turkey announced in January that it would host international events to commemorate the centennial of the Gallipoli Campaign on April 24, a date that overlaps with annual commemoration of what many claim was a “genocide” of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire at the end of World War I.
Turkey will host leaders from across the world when it holds commemorations for the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli on April 24 and 25.
However, in the statement released by Çanakkale Governorship stated that cemeteries of fallen soldiers at the Gallipoli war will be closed for two days during anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli April 24 and 25.
This is the first time in Turkey’s history that the public is banned from commemorations in cemeteries of the fallen soldiers. On the April 18 ceremonies to honor the 100th anniversary of the naval battle at Çanakkale, which was won by Turkey when Ottoman artillery held off an invading force of British and French ships in 1915, the public was banned only from the ceremonial ground, while other cemeteries were left open for the public. With this new statement released by the governorship, no one will be allow to visit cemeteries on April 24-25.
“The area of the commemoration ceremony will be closed to the public” read an official statement, as part of high security measures for the prominent state figures’ visit.
Representatives from about 50 countries, including heads of state and prime ministers, are expected to attend events Turkey will host on April 24 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign of World War I, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said last month.
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