ANKARA, Apr 27 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, yesterday called on U.S. President, Joe Biden, to immediately reverse his declaration, that designated the atrocities to Armenians during World War I as “genocide.”
“I hope the U.S. President will turn back from this wrong step, as soon as possible,” Erdogan said, in his first comments, since Biden’s statement.
Biden on Saturday recognised the mass killing against Armenians, more than a century ago, as a “genocide.”
He is the first U.S. president to use the term “genocide” in describing the 1915 events. Erdogan said, Biden’s statement was “unfounded and unfair” and would hinder bilateral ties.
“We believe these comments were included, due to pressure from radical Armenian groups and anti-Turkish circles. But this situation does not reduce the destructive impact of these comments in bilateral ties,” he said.
The U.S. president needed “to look in the mirror” for his country’s history, before accusing the Ottoman Empire of “genocide,” Erdogan added.
“If you say ‘genocide’ then you have to look at yourselves in the mirror and make an evaluation. The Native Americans, I don’t even need to mention them. They are all out there,” Erdogan noted.– NNN-ANADOLU
