Turkey reacts to US recognition of the Armenian genocide
Turkey predictably responded quickly and harshly to Joe Biden's Saturday statement in recognition of the historic Armenian genocide, becoming the first US president to take this step.
Biden said, " Every year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died in the Armenian Genocide of the Ottoman era and pledge to prevent such an atrocity from ever happening again ," on the day for the remembrance of the Armenian Genocide.
It's official: President Biden has officially recognized the Armenian genocide.
"The American people honor all those Armenians who perished in the genocide that began 106 years ago today." https://t.co/QfWcFKD7Lv
– Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) April 24, 2021
Turkey responded to the statement by summoning US Ambassador David Satterfield to Ankara, according to state news agency Anadolu.
In addition to the swift condemnation of Turkey just minutes after the release of the communiqué, the Turkish Foreign Ministry also said that Biden's statement is "null and void in terms of international law" and that it "caused a wound that is difficult to repair." Turkey also claimed that the Biden administration had "alienated" a NATO ally …
A few minutes after the statement, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Turkey "completely rejects" the American characterization of the event. Cavusoglu said it will only serve to "open a deep wound" in bilateral ties.
Turkey also called the US policy shift towards recognizing "genocide" a distortion of "historical facts":
" This statement by the United States, which distorts historical facts, will never be accepted in the consciousness of the Turkish people and will open a deep wound that undermines our mutual trust and friendship ," the Turkish foreign ministry said, adding that it was rejected and denounced. the statement " in the strongest terms ".
“ We have nothing to learn from anyone about our past. Political opportunism is the greatest betrayal of peace and justice, ”Cavusoglu further said. " We completely reject this claim based solely on populism ".
It seems almost ironic that Biden is defined as a "Populist", while it is absolutely evident that a government cannot come to terms with its own history, with what happened more than a century ago, which was nothing more than a massacre, based on ethnic and religious, of a defenseless minority that, among other things, at that moment was fighting alongside the other Turks in the same army, during the First World War. Europe and the world have come to terms with their past, but Turkey, still founded on a sense of Turkish ethnic superiority and Islamic religion, is unable to do so.
The American Armenians celebrated the event, in its own way, historic
At Glendale's Verdugo Park this afternoon, a group of Armenian Americans gathered to mark the day of remembrance.
“The pain is in all of Armenians' hearts, and we'll never forget,” said Samo Davtyan, who attended the event with his daughter. https://t.co/jzAjLJu2gF
– Los Angeles Times (@latimes) April 24, 2021
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