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Turkey Recalls Ambassador After Germany Recognizes Armenian Genocide

Despite a barrage of pressure from Turkey, the German parliament has approved a symbolic resolution that declares the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces in 1915 to be genocide The vote was almost unanimous in support of the resolution with just one MP voting against and another abstaining. The move was largely expected and was supported by German Chancellor Angela Merkel However, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said Ankara will take retaliatory measures after the German parliament voted to recognize the Armenian massacre as genocide and Turkey has already recalled its ambassador to Germany in protest. RT reports: Ambassador Huseyin Avni Karslioglu is expected to fly back to Turkey on Thursday afternoon, according to the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. Turkey has also decided to summon Germany’s charge d’affaires to the Foreign Ministry in Ankara following the vote. The Turkish government reacted furiously to the decision made by the German parliament to pass the motion, which was almost unanimous, with just one MP voting against and another abstaining. President Erdogan, who is currently on a state visit to Kenya, has said the German resolution will seriously impact relations between the two countries. He added that following the return of [...]