ANKARA: Turkey on Thursday recalled its ambassador to Washington in anger at a resolution passed by a US Congress committee which says the Armenians were victims of genocide by the Ottoman Turks, Anatolia news agency said.
The ambassador, Nabi Sensoy, was recalled for consultations on the text which could now go before the full House of Representatives, said the news agency.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that his government would do everything possible to stop the adoption of the resolution by the full House and was studying possible action if the motion is passed.
At least 1.5 million Armenians were killed from 1915 to 1923 under an Ottoman Empire campaign of deportation and murder, according to Armenians.
Turkey strongly rejects the genocide label, but acknowledges that 250,000-500,000 Armenians and at least as many Turks died in strife after Armenians took up arms for independence.
The resolution was adopted by the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday and President George W. Bush’s administration said it would lobby the full Democratic-led chamber against taking it further.
Re: Turkey recalls US ambassador over genocide dispute
^^ idiotic of turkey
everyone knows that this genocide took place
turkey is too high and mighty to acknowledge as it will be insulting to their great ottoman empire
Americans have acknowledged the genocide against the Native Americans
Germans have acknowledged the genocide against the Jews
Rwanda, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Spain, Portugal, etc....
Many countries have acknowledged such events as a shame and vowed to learn lessons from those and never repeat them again....
Don't know why Turkey is being so hard ass about it
The more turkey protests this, the more people are going to believe that this event took place
Re: Turkey recalls US ambassador over genocide dispute
turkey will protest, im sure pakistan will back turkeys protests (ghost of 71)
theres is a couple of issues that turkey are discriminated on, main one being the medias manipulation of the world map in placing cyprus closer to greece then it actually is.
this current episode is not a welcome development as turkey is already staunchly against the lax US attitude towards kurdistan in iraq.
the ripple may even effect turkeys pro israelli stance and end their EU hopes.
Re: Turkey recalls US ambassador over genocide dispute
Politically the timing of passing such a resolution is pure idiocy.
actually it is very good. This would make them rethink of being Euro whores for eternity and zionist collaborators !!! The turks need to come back to their Muslim Ottoman heritage and need to become more nationalistic.
A prosperous patriotic Muslim Turkey is whats needed
Re: Turkey recalls US ambassador over genocide dispute
actually it is very good. This would make them rethink of being Euro whores for eternity and zionist collaborators !!! The turks need to come back to their Muslim Ottoman heritage and need to become more nationalistic.
A prosperous patriotic Muslim Turkey is whats needed
So is it Islamic to deny such a great crime against humanity?
