Review of the statement

Türkiye recalls the ambassador from Germany after the Bundestag adopted by the resolution, qualifying as genocide the mass destruction of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915-16. It is reported by Bild with reference to the Turkish media.

After the discussion, which lasted more than an hour, the deputies almost unanimously approved the joint project of the resolution, presented by the parliamentary fractions of the CDS/CSS, SDPG and the Green, the German wave reports . Only one deputy voted against, another refrained.

The resolution calls for the Government of Germany "and then contribute to the wide public discussion of exile and the almost complete extermination of the Armenians in 1915-16 and the role of the German Empire in these events." During the First World War, Germany and Türkiye were allies.

The document also emphasizes that Türkiye "until today refuses to admit that deportation, persecution and murder of Armenians has been systematic."

The day before, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yyldyrym said that relations between Turkey and Germany would be damaged if the German parliamentarians will vote for recognizing the Armenian genocide. "Turkey is not the country that can be blackmail, which can be threatened. It will no doubt damage to relations, but the question of not to respect the agreement with the EU by refugees is not worth it," said Yyldyrym. At the same time, he recalled the voices of three million Turks living in Germany, to which parliamentarians should not remain deaf.

According to the Prime Minister of Turkey, voting in the German parliament is pointless, since what happened to the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 is "ordinary events that can occur with any community in the conditions of war."

Events in East Anatolia in the period 1915-1917 officially recognized the Armenians of 29 countries by the genocide of Armenians, including France, Canada, Austria, Cyprus, Italy, as well as most of the US states.

In Russia in 1995, a statement by the State Duma was adopted, condemning the organizers of the Armenian genocide and recognizing April 24 to the day of memory of the victims of the Armenian genocide. In 2015, President Vladimir Putin attended memorable events in the Tsitermnakababer memorial complex in Armenia and made a speech in which he used the word "Genocide".

This caused an extremely sharp reaction of Turkey . President of the country Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Russia should answer for its actions in Ukraine and Crimea, before calling the events of 1915 by genocide. “This is not the first time that Russia uses the word“ genocide ”on this subject. Personally sadden me that Putin has taken this step. What is happening in Ukraine and Crimea is obvious. They would have to explain this first, and then use the word“ genocide, ”the head of state said.