Turkey protests Sejm’s resolution on Armenian genocide
Polish Press Agency
April 20, 2005 Wednesday
Ankara, April 20 – Turkey on Wednesday criticised Tuesday’s resolution
by the Polish Sejm condemning and recognising as genocide the mass
killing of Armenians during World War I.
The Turkish side accused Polish politicians of being “irresponsible.”
In a written statement the Turkish Foreign Ministry said that Turkey
strongly condemned the Polish Parliament’s decision and warned deputies
to avoid “initiatives thatcould provoke vengeance and hatred between
people.”
Historians say some 1.5 million of Armenians were killed as the Ottoman
Empire forced them from Turkey between 1915 and 1917. Turkey denies
a genocide was committed.