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butthurt [soylentnews.org] writes:

With one abstention and one member opposed, the German parliament has voted to declare mass killings and deportations of ethnic Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, which began in April 1915, a "genocide."

In response, the Turkish government, which opposes the use of the word "genocide" to describe the events, recalled its ambassador from Berlin for "consultations." "This decision will seriously impact Turkish-German relations," said the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. On Twitter, the Turkish foreign minister wrote:

The way to close one’s own dark pages of history is not by maligning another country’s history.

coverage:

• The Guardian [theguardian.com]
• International Business Times UK [ibtimes.co.uk]
• Foreign Policy [foreignpolicy.com]
• TheVillagesSuntimes [thevillagessuntimes.com]
• NPR [npr.org]
• CNN [cnn.com]
• New York Times [nytimes.com] (prior to vote)

background information:

• NPR [npr.org]
• Wikipedia [wikipedia.org]
• History Channel [history.com]
• Armenian National Institute [armenian-genocide.org]

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