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Berlin, Ankara at odds over Germany’s Armenia genocide resolution

Friday, 03 June 2016 8:54 AM [ Last Update: Friday, 03 June 2016 8:54 AM ]

Tensions are running high between Berlin and Ankara following a vote by the German Parliament to recognize Turkey’s World War I massacre of Armenians as genocide.

Verenia Keet

Press TV, Istanbul

Tensions are running high between Berlin and Ankara following a vote by the German Parliament to recognize Turkey’s World War I massacre of Armenians as genocide. While Germany calls the move democratic, Ankara says the 1.5 million death toll, which is claimed by Armenians, has been inflated.

Verenia Keet reports from Istanbul.

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