Congress has avoided a diplomatic clash with an important ally, Turkey, by deciding not to take up a resolution declaring the mass killings of Armenians in the early 20th century a genocide.

it is being said that the President is thinking of reneging on a pre-election pledge to call the Armenian genocide of 1915 what it was, genocide, because the votes of Armenian-Americans are not worth as much as the good will of Turkey in the Middle East. Wrong, Barry O. Turkey is moving on this issue - about four years ago I personally heard the then Foreign Minister of Turkey refer to it as a "ma...

Ankara has frozen its efforts to strengthen defence, energy and trade ties after a congressional panel labelled the Ottoman-era killing of Armenians as 'genocide', Turkey's minister for foreign trade said

According to a report in the LA Times, Barack Obama may be thinking of going back on a pre-election pledge to state officially that the Armenian genocide was a genocide. The reason for doing so would be that the administration...

Turkey vehemently denies massacre of Armenians in what was then the eastern frontiers of the crumbling Ottoman empire, amounted to genocide

Turkey's prime minister has warned that he might deport up to 100,000 Armenians living in Turkey without citizenship, after resolutions were passed by US and Swedish lawmakers defining First World War-era killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide.

The US ambassador to Turkey has been summoned to the foreign ministry in Ankara after a congressional panel approved describing the Ottoman-era massacres of Armenians as genocide

This time last year I was in Rwanda. During my visit I went to the Murambi Genocide Memorial, where 50,000 people where slaughtered. Many in Rwanda laid the blame for this at the feet of the French. Rob Halfon, who is there at the moment has written an incredibly moving report of his visit this week HERE. Below is a fifteen minute film I made for 18 Doughty Street about the Rwandan genocide. Onlin...

Turkey has warned France of grave consequences should the French Senate pass a bill today (19 December) that would penalise denial of the massacre of over 1 million Armenians in 1915 by the Ottoman Empire. More »

Just back from a cheap “last minute” package holiday near Kusadasi, Turkey. I’ve never been to Turkey before, always meant to, but like many people, had been put off in the past by Military coups, terrorism, Cyprus and Kurdistan etc. The Mrs and I were just looking forward to escape the UK...