A very unpleasant surprise for the Turkish government: this has been the vote on 2 June 2016, unanimously with two votes, the Bundestag condemning genocide “committed by the government of Young Turks against the Armenians in 1915 and other Christian minorities. “
Ankara, and particularly President Erdogan could indeed estimate have pulled quite cheaply centenary celebrations in 2015. There had been, indeed, around the world, many more ceremonies, conferences, declarations, of media events recalling the genocide in an ordinary year. But they did not produce any additional diplomatic pressure on Ankara, which had pretty well accept that his continued denial does not make scandal.
read more, see link below
Jean Eckian © armenews.com