Turkey Recalls Ambassador From Germany After Bundestag Acknowledges Armenian 'Genocide'

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<p>‘Mome ts ago, i a move that will i f riate T rkey, the Germa parliame t withstoo a barrage of press re from the T rkish gover me t, a approve a symbolic resol tio that eclares the 1915 massacre of Arme ia s by Ottoma T rkish forces a ‘ge oci e’, a step wi ely viewe as a tacit escalatio agai st T rkey. The vote was almost a imo s i s pporti g the resol tio with j st o e MP voti g agai st a a other abstai i g. The move was largely expecte a was s pporte by Germa Cha cellor A gela Merkel. That sai , the Germa lea er was “force ” to skip the vote e to prior commitme ts.</p>
<p>The parliame tary vote was origi ally sche le to take place a year ago to mark the ce te ary of the ge oci e, b t e to co cer s over the fallo t with T rkey, Merkel’s allies postpo e the move.</p>
<p>The ews was greete with elight by oze s of Arme ia s pporters who ha gathere o tsi e the parliame t b il i g carryi g ba ers commemorati g the ge oci e.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.zerohe ge.com/ ews/2016-06-02/t rkey-recalls-ambassa or-germa y-after-b estag-ack owle ges-arme ia -ge oci e" target="_bla k">Rea more: T rkey Recalls Ambassa or From Germa y After B estag Ack owle ges Arme ia ‘Ge oci e’</a></p>