With the resolution taken by the CDU / CSU, SPD and Greens, entitled “The memory of the genocide of Armenians and other Christian minorities 101 years ago,” they voted for almost all members of these clubs. Only one deputy from the club CDU / CSU voted against.
The document also supported the Left, although because of the opposition Christian Democratic parties were not allowed her to work on the text of the resolution.
The President of the Bundestag Norbert Lammert and representatives of the parliamentary clubs stressed during the debate that the adoption of the resolution does not mean “bringing the Turkish authorities in the pillory.” – The current government in Ankara is not responsible – said Lammert. – Resolution is not an indictment – reserved SPD deputy Rolf Muetzenich.
The parliamentarians pointed out that Germany as an ally of the then Ottoman Empire are complicit in the crime. – Germany helped the Armenian genocide – said the deputy of the Left Gregor Gysi. He recalled that many countries, including the Vatican, Russia and France, have already recognized the war crimes of Armenians as genocide.
“Turkey does not have its Nuremberg” – broadcast radio Twos:
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The reaction of Ankara
The visit to Kenya Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during a televised news conference in Nairobi that the resolution of the Bundestag spoke by phone with Prime Minister Binalimem Yildrimem and this issue will continue to be discussed after his return to Turkey.
In connection with the resolution to the Turkish Foreign Ministry has summoned the German charge d’affaires in Ankara – German agency dpa reported, citing diplomatic circles. German Ambassador Martin Erdmann is not currently in Ankara.
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus called the resolution “a historic mistake.” “As Turkey we find, of course, at every level necessary response to this decision. For Turkey, it is a decision of non-existent” – wrote on Twitter.
He added that the adoption of the resolution does not fit the friendship between Turkey and Germany, and adopted the text is “manipulated and unfounded.”
Commenting also on Twitter, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu declared that “irresponsible and baseless” decisions are not able to whiten German history.
“The way to close the dark pages in your own history is not the history of contaminating other states irresponsible and groundless decisions of the parliamentary” – wrote at the members of the Bundestag.
Angela Merkel spoke
In response to a resolution of the Bundestag, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the German-Turkish relations are strong and wide in spite of differences of opinion.
– A lot of things combined, Germany and Turkey. Even if we have different opinions on individual cases, the extent of our relationship, our friendship, our strategic ties is huge – said Merkel at a press conference in Berlin.
She added that Germany supports dialogue between Turkey and Armenia, and also tend to good relations with Turkey.
“The slaughter of Armenians”
According to historians in the years 1915-1917 made by the Turkish forces massacres and deportations lives of about 1.5 million Armenian inhabitants of the then Ottoman Empire. Which is the legal successor of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey objects to the use of the term genocide in relation to the events of 101 years.
the first in the twentieth century genocide
The nature and scale of the crime remains the subject of dispute. Historians generally take the view that the massacre of Christian Armenians was the first act of genocide in the twentieth century.
The Turkish side question not only the term genocide, but also the number of victims, claiming that it is skewed. He admits only that in the battles between the Turks and the Armenians were many casualties on the side of the Armenians, but says the victims of civil war and unrest.
The German government avoid friction with the Turkish authorities, fearing a negative impact on EU-Turkey agreement, which is, according to Berlin, the key to resolving the crisis of migration. The German Foreign Ministry was initially opposed using the term genocide in the resolution. Both Merkel and Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier did not participate in the vote because of other obligations.
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