Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told Turkey's parliament that it is impossible for the country to recognise the “events that occurred in 1915” as a genocide, referring to the deaths of some 1.5 million Armenians.
“We stress this every time,” said Cavusoglu speaking to the parliament on Thursday.
Cavusoglu also referred to a European Court of Human Rights hearing, which saw the Turkish chairman of the socialist Workers' Party convicted by a Swiss court in 2007 for genocide denial. The Lausanne Police Court had found Dogu Perincek guilty of making comments of a “racist tendency”.
Earlier this year the US Senate recognised the killings by Ottaman forces as a genocide.
“We stress this every time,” said Cavusoglu speaking to the parliament on Thursday.
Cavusoglu also referred to a European Court of Human Rights hearing, which saw the Turkish chairman of the socialist Workers' Party convicted by a Swiss court in 2007 for genocide denial. The Lausanne Police Court had found Dogu Perincek guilty of making comments of a “racist tendency”.
Earlier this year the US Senate recognised the killings by Ottaman forces as a genocide.