Turkey on Sunday condemned the U.S. resolution recognizing the events in 1915 as a so-called "genocide" against the Armenians, according to a stateme
Turkey on Sunday condemned the U.S. resolution recognizing the events in 1915 as a so-called “genocide” against the Armenians, according to a statement released by the Defense Ministry.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to recognize the events in 1915 as “genocide.”
It also slammed the French Parliament describing YPG/PKK terrorists as its “ally.”
“Turkey is the last wall standing between Europe and terrorism,” the statement read.
Founded in 1975, the Armenian terror group ASALA is responsible for hundreds of bloody terrorist attacks. It martyred over 30 Turkish diplomats and officials in various attacks during that decade.
In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK — listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the U.S. and the European Union — has been responsible for the deaths of 40,000 people, including women, children and infants. The YPG is the Syrian offshoot of the PKK.
Turkey’s position on the events of 1915 is that the deaths of Armenians in eastern Anatolia took place when some sided with invading Russians and revolted against Ottoman forces. A subsequent relocation of Armenians resulted in numerous casualties.
Turkey objects to the presentation of the incidents as “genocide” but describes the 1915 events as a tragedy in which both sides suffered casualties.