The Turkish Foreign Ministry “condemned in the strongest possible terms” the Armenian massacre declared by U.S. President Joe Biden as genocide. The government of the Republic of Korea said that the government of the Republic of Korea has been in charge of the development of the country’s economy.
The president of Turkey, Erdogan, expressed his “strongest condemnation” of the U.S. announcement. (Photo / Reuters)
The government’s decision to use the “new” method to protect the rights of the people of the country is a major step forward.
Biden’s statement angered North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ally Turkey. Mevlut Cavusoglu tweeted, “This statement is based on pure populism and we totally reject it.”
He stressed, “History cannot be changed or rewritten in a few words. We will never accept anyone preaching against our history. Political opportunism is the greatest betrayal of peace and justice.”
In the statement, the Turkish Foreign Ministry stated that it “rejects and condemns in the strongest terms” the statement made by the U.S. President “under pressure from the radical Armenian community and anti-Turkish groups.”
The Turkish Foreign Ministry noted that the Turkish conscience will never accept the U.S. statement, which “distorts historical facts” and “creates deep wounds that undermine mutual trust and friendship.
The statement also stressed that “this grave mistake is nothing but a way to satisfy specific political circles, and we call on the U.S. president to correct it and support efforts to build peaceful coexistence in the region, especially between the Turkish and Armenian nations.”
Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a letter to Armenian Patriarch Sahak Mashalian in Istanbul on 24 May saying that the incident “has been politicized by a third party and has become an instrument of intervention, to no one’s benefit.”
We cannot allow the centuries-long culture of Turks and Armenians living together to be forgotten,” Erdan said in his letter.
During and after World War I, between 1915 and 1923, an estimated 1.5 million Armenians were killed by systematic deportation, starvation and murder under Turkey’s predecessor, the Ottoman Empire, most of which occurred before 1919.
The Anadolu Agency reports that Turkey’s position on the events of 1915 is that the deaths of Armenians in eastern Anatolia that year were caused by the defection of some Armenians from the Ottoman army in support of the invading Russian Empire, resulting in numerous casualties in the subsequent resettlement process.
Turkey strongly rejects the “genocide” claim, stressing that Armenia exaggerated the ethnic death toll and that ethnic Turks were also killed and injured when the Ottoman Empire collapsed. Ankara believes it was a tragedy that resulted in heavy casualties on both sides.
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