Hurriyet, Turkey
March 6 2010
Turkish PM criticizes US panel resolution on "genocide"
Saturday, March 6, 2010
ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News
The resolution passed by the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the US
Congress will not harm Turkey but it may damage to bilateral
relations, said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an on
Saturday.
"Is evaluating history the business of politicians? How many in that
room could point out where Armenia is," said Erdogan during a
Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists of Turkey, or TUSKON.
"So who won? Did the US win? Did Armenia?" he said reffering to the
outcome of the 23-22 vote of the Committe on Foreign Affairs.
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives on
Thursday endorsed a resolution calling for Washington’s recognition of
World War I-era killings of Armenians during the last days of the
Ottoman Empire as `genocide.’ Following the passage of the resolution,
Turkey recalled its ambassador to the US, Namık Tan, for
consultations.