Turkey, a NATO member, on Thursday took to the U.S. ambassador for consultations after voting in the U.S. congressional commission considers the mass killing of the Armenians during the First World War by the Ottoman Turks (Ottoman Empire) as genocide.
In a statement, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan also said he was concerned that a non-binding resolution that would damage Turkish-US relations and the efforts by Turkey, a secular, and Armenia, a Christian, to bury a century of hostility.
"We condemn the bill blamed the Turkish state for a crime that this country does not do.'s Ambassador in Washington has been invited to Ankara for consultations this evening," Erdogan said in a statement released on the Internet page of his office.
"We are seriously concerned that the draft bill approved by the commission, despite all our warnings, will damage Turkish-US relations and efforts to restore the Turkish-Armenian relations."
Turkey, Muslim but secular democracy, plays an important role for U.S. interests from Iran to Afghanistan to the Middle East.
Turkey and Armenia last year signed a historic deal to bury a century of hostility and open the border. The agreement, signed with U.S. support, the European Union and Russia, still must be ratified by the parliament in Ankara and Yerevan.
Turkey accepts that many Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turkish forces but denied the number reached 1.5 million men who died and that it was the same as genocide or ethnic annihilation - the term used by many Western historians and some European parliaments.
In 2007, Ankara interesting ambassador to Washington after a U.S. commission approved the bill the same. U.S. President George W. when it Bush warned that revenue and it will never reach the floor of congress. Turkey's ambassador returned to office after a week
In a statement, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan also said he was concerned that a non-binding resolution that would damage Turkish-US relations and the efforts by Turkey, a secular, and Armenia, a Christian, to bury a century of hostility.
"We condemn the bill blamed the Turkish state for a crime that this country does not do.'s Ambassador in Washington has been invited to Ankara for consultations this evening," Erdogan said in a statement released on the Internet page of his office.
"We are seriously concerned that the draft bill approved by the commission, despite all our warnings, will damage Turkish-US relations and efforts to restore the Turkish-Armenian relations."
Turkey, Muslim but secular democracy, plays an important role for U.S. interests from Iran to Afghanistan to the Middle East.
Turkey and Armenia last year signed a historic deal to bury a century of hostility and open the border. The agreement, signed with U.S. support, the European Union and Russia, still must be ratified by the parliament in Ankara and Yerevan.
Turkey accepts that many Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turkish forces but denied the number reached 1.5 million men who died and that it was the same as genocide or ethnic annihilation - the term used by many Western historians and some European parliaments.
In 2007, Ankara interesting ambassador to Washington after a U.S. commission approved the bill the same. U.S. President George W. when it Bush warned that revenue and it will never reach the floor of congress. Turkey's ambassador returned to office after a week
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