On Monday, Armenians and governments the world over mark the 108th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. President Joe Biden recognized the genocide. So too, have the European Parliament, the Vatican, Russia, Brazil, Mexico, and Canada.
Historically, Australia has been an outlier. It should not be. Australia has a deep history with Armenians. More than 60,000 Australians claim Armenian descent. During the Armenian Genocide, an Australian orphanage in Lebanon took in nearly a thousand Armenian children whose parents Turkish forces had driven out of Anatolia and slaughtered. Many genocide survivors resettled in Australia.Australian forces also fought at Gallipoli, the Allied effort to force a passage through the Dardanelles.
On April 25, Australians and New Zealanders celebrate ANZAC Day, the anniversary of the Gallipoli campaign’s start. While not a national holiday in Turkey as it is in Australia and New Zealand, Turks long commemorated the occasion with solemn remembrance. That changed under Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The issue is neither symbolism nor whether or not a politician pays lip service to an important constituency. Rather, there are three problems.
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