Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stated that Ankara is "disappointed" by the decision of US President Joe Biden to recognise the killings of 1.5 million Armenians as a genocide, and urged Washington to backtrack on the decision. Erdogan warned the US that the recent statements by its president will have a "destructive impact", serving no purpose other than hindering bilateral ties.
The president cautioned the US against politicising the historical events, stressing that historians, and not politicians, should determine how to label them. He further alleged that the "radical initiatives of Armenian and anti-Turkish circles" are behind Biden's decision to recognise the genocide.
"US President Biden made statements earlier. These are groundless claims that contradict history", Erdogan said.
Erdogan said that Turkey's offer to open up its archives to allow a joint group of historians to study the century-old events is still on the table. He further wondered what data the US is relying on for its recognition of the genocide, requesting that Washington make it available to Turkey.
"Armenian gangs did not fight the regular military but were killing innocent people [in the Ottoman Empire]", according to Erdogan's version of the events, which began in 1915 at the height of the First World War.....
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