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Clash Over Armenian Genocide Recognition

Turkey's prime minister said relations between Berlin and Ankara “will be damaged” after Germany's parliament voted to recognize the 1915 killing of Armenians by Turkish Ottomans as genocide.

SHOWS: ANKARA, TURKEY (JUNE 1, 2016) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. TURKISH PRIME MINISTER, BINALI YILDIRIM, ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE 2. REPORTERS LISTENING 4. REPORTERS LISTENING 5. (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) TURKISH PRIME MINISTER, BINALI YILDIRIM, SAYING: “Of course our relations with Germany will be damaged. There is no doubt about it. However, we don’t want to see our relations damaged. Therefore, our President (Tayyip Erdogan) called (German) Chancellor Merkel and conveyed our uneasiness to her directly.” SHOWS: BERLIN, GERMANY (JUNE 1, 2016) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) COLOGNE, GERMANY (JUNE 1, 2016) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 8. (SOUNDBITE) (German) MEMBER OF THE ARMENIAN „ANERKENNUNG JETZT” (RECOGNITION NOW) CAMPAIGN, ILIAS UYAR, SAYING: “For 101 years, there was a cover-up and a denial and that’s why the recognition is of urgency. We are happy that the Bundestag (German parliament) has decided to adopt this resolution tomorrow to officially recognise the Turkish genocide of Armenians.” SHOWS: ISTANBUL, TURKE 8. (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) ISTANBUL RESIDENT, HASAN ILHAN, SAYING: “Nobody other than historians should discuss genocide. This is not something you decide at parliament. But if they say this is genocide, what they have been inflicting on the Turks for years would be the biggest genocide. Even today, there are people committing genocide in Myanmar. That is the worst kind of genocide and nobody even talks about it in parliament.” SHOWS: ISTANBUL, TURKEY (JUNE 2, 2016) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF PASSENGER FERRIES SAILING AT BOSPHOROUS 2. SENIOR JOURNALIST AND POLITICAL ANALYST, CENGIZ AKTAR, WALKING PAST 3. (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) SENIOR JOURNALIST AND POLITICAL ANALYST, CENGIZ AKTAR, SAYING: “Turkish and German relations are very comprehensive in all fields including economy and politics. Therefore I don’t think that any kind of boycott (or reaction) would drag on. The most sensitive issue is the visa liberalization and migrants deal. Everybody wonders if this resolution will have an impact on that but I don’t think it will.”

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Clash Over Armenian Genocide Recognition

By REUTERS June 2, 2016

Turkey's prime minister said relations between Berlin and Ankara “will be damaged” after Germany's parliament voted to recognize the 1915 killing of Armenians by Turkish Ottomans as genocide.

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