Posted on 06/02/2016 2:45:03 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
BERLIN, June 2 (UPI) -- Turkey recalled its ambassador in Berlin after German lawmakers approved a resolution declaring the World War I mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a genocide.
Ambassador Huseyin Avni Karslioglu is expected to travel back to Turkey on Thursday, after the German Parliament declared the 1915-16 killings of some 1.5 million Armenians a deliberate act of ethnic cleansing. Germany's ambassador to Turkey has also been summoned.
The move comes just hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned of "repercussions" from the vote. The German resolution is considered a touchy one for long-term relations between the two countries.
Turkey has long rejected the label, saying there was no systematic killings of Christian Armenians and the death toll was much lower. The country has accepted some responsibility for the killings but said they do not constitute genocide. To date, 11 of the 28 European Union nations have recognized the killings as genocide.
Speaking on a state visit to Kenya, Erdogan said the vote will "seriously affect" ties between the two countries.
"If Germany is to be deceived by this, then bilateral, diplomatic, economic, trade, political and military ties -- we are both NATO countries -- will be damaged," Erdogan said before leaving Turkey for Africa.
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As ST Coleridge said:
The other was a softer voice, As soft as honey-dew: Quoth he, 'The man hath penance done, And penance more will do.'
As for the Turks, I quote dfwgator: Tuck Furkey.
Tuck Furkey. I’d like to see Russian tanks liberate Constantinople.
Thanks.
The one thing that I ever wonder, is why does someone like Erdogan still draw breath? 7.4 billion people on this planet. You’d think one of them would take him out.
Hey...I have a novel idea. How about they recall the millions of Turks contaminating Germany with their Islam and Hashish?
Now just a cotton pickin’ minit here. Let’s be fair. If the Muslims hadn’t overrun Constantinople and charged exorbitant tolls on spice merchants traveling to and from India, Christopher Columbus would never have discovered America. So wanting to resurrect the Byzantine Empire is anti-American, while wanting to resurrect the Ottoman Caliphate is only anti-Armenian.
Armenia and Greece should have a common border.
Jihadicide......
It’s very sobering to think that there are only two nations on the planet, who are completely surrounded by enemies. One of them is Israel (oops, I mean “Occupied Palestine” - gotta be politically correct and properly hipster, don’tcha know).
The other is Armenia.
The other commonality is that the people of both have been the victims of genocides that apparently “never happened”.
Pot calling the kettle black. Oh forgot. Didn’t happen.
Hopefully to stay there in exile... Well, we talked about this earlier today... and there it is! Turkey throwing the hissy fit. BooHoo. LOL
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