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ERDOGAN URGES BIDEN TO REVERSE CALLING MASS KILLINGS OF ARMENIANS A GENOCIDE



Issued on: 27/04/2021 - 02:55

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan talks to media following a cabinet meeting in
Ankara, Turkey, April 26, 2021. © Presidential Press Office/Handout via REUTERS
Text by: NEWS WIRES

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan urged U.S. President Joe Biden to swiftly
reverse his declaration that the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman
Empire constituted genocide, an action he said was upsetting and diminished
bilateral ties.

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Biden's historic declaration on Saturday infuriated its NATO ally Turkey, which
has said the announcement had opened a "deep wound" in relations already
strained over a host of issues.

In his first comments since Biden's statement, Erdogan said "the wrong step"
would hinder ties, advised the United States to "look in the mirror", and
added Turkey still sought to establish "good neigbourly" ties with Armenia.

"The U.S. president has made baseless, unjust and untrue remarks about the sad
events that took place in our geography over a century ago," Erdogan said after
a cabinet meeting. He again called for Turkish and Armenian historians to form a
joint commission to investigate the events.

"I hope the U.S. president will turn back from this wrong step as soon as
possible."

He slammed the United States for having failed to find a solution to the
decades-old conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh - where
the United States, Russia and France were mediators - and said Washington had
stood by as massacres unfolded.

"If you say genocide, then you need to look at yourselves in the mirror and make
an evaluation. The Native Americans, I don't even need to mention them, what
happened is clear," he said, in reference to the treatment of Native Americans
by European settlers. "While all these truths are out there, you cannot pin the
genocide accusation on the Turkish people."

Turkey supported Baku in the conflict last year, in which Azeri forces seized
swathes of lands in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Baku has criticised Biden's
statement, while Yerevan has praised it.

Erdogan also contested the death toll from the 1915 killings and said some
150,000 people had been killed, as opposed to the roughly 1.5 million people
Armenia says were killed, adding the toll was "exaggerated by adding a zero to
the end."

Turkey accepts that many Christian Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire were
killed in clashes with Ottoman forces during World War One, but it contests the
figures and denies that the killings were systematically orchestrated or
constitute a genocide.

Compartmentalising issues 

Ankara and Washington have been struggling to repair ties, strained in recent
years over several issues, including Turkey's purchase of Russian defence
systems which resulted in U.S. sanctions, policy differences in Syria, and legal
matters. On Sunday, Erdogan's spokesman and national security adviser Ibrahim
Kalin told Reuters the statement was "simply outrageous" and Turkey will respond
over the coming months.

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Speaking to reporters in Ankara, Turkey's parliament speaker Mustafa Sentop said
lawmakers would respond to Biden's remarks on Wednesday.

Turkey's government and most of the opposition have shown a rare unity in their
rejection of Biden's statement.

Erdogan said he expected to "open the door for a new period" in ties and to
discuss all disputes with Biden at a NATO summit in June, but warned that ties
would deteriorate further unless the allies can compartmentalise issues.

"We now need to put aside our disagreements and look at what steps we can take
from now on, otherwise we will have no choice but to do what is required by the
level our ties have fallen to on April 24," he said. 

(REUTERS)

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