Turkish President Erdogan has issued an angry warning to Germany, saying that if they dare to recognise the Armenian genocide, Turkey will cut off diplomatic ties with the country. Following the Berlin vote to officially recognise the mass-killings of Armenians by Ottoman forces in the First World War as an “act of genocide,” Erdogan hit back by delivering a furious televised speech in Turkey. Alaraby.co.uk reports: Turkey would never accept the charge that Ottoman troops were guilty of “genocide”, he said. He hit a raw nerve by highlighting Germany’s own genocide of 6 million Jews during the Second World War, saying the European powerhouse was the “last country” to make accusations of genocide. He also added that the slaughter of indigenous Namibians under the German Empire – which Berlin has yet to officially term as a genocide – should instead be examined by Berlin lawmakers. Accusations of an Armenian Genocide were an act of “blackmail” against Turkey, he added, which won’t do much to repair already badly damaged ties between Berlin and Ankara. Due to frequent European criticism of the premier, Erdogan threatened to leave Europe “to its own worries” if accusations of genocide were to continue. “The issue here is not [...]