CCTV, China
April 25 2010

Turkey denounces Obama’s accusation on massacre

2010-04-25 08:36 BJT

Turkey’s foreign minister has denounced a statement by US President
Barack Obama that the massacre of Armenians during the First World War
was one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century.

Ahmet Davutoglu said on Saturday the country does not accept judgment
of its history from the U.S. He called on US leaders to better
understand the strategic Turkish-American partnership and to respect
Turkey’s history.

Saturday marks the 95th anniversary of the World War One killing of Armenians.

Turkey accepts many Christian Armenians died in partisan fighting
beginning in 1915 but denies that up to 1 and a half million were
killed and that it amounted to genocide.

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