Turkey recalls Ambassador to U.S. over Genocide vote

Turkey says it has recalled its Ambassador to the U.S. for consultations, following the House of the U.S. Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee’s approval of the Resolution 252 declaring the 1915 mass killings of Armenians by Turks as Genocide.

The House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee passed Thursday, March 4, the Resolution by a vote of 23 to 22.

Turkey traditionally denies mass killings, deportations, executions, starvations and other means against the Armenian population in Turkey that resulted in more than 1,5 million deaths among the Armenians.

Genocide of 1915 is recognized by Uruguay (recognized and condemned earliest, 1965), Russia, France, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Greece, Cyprus, Lebanon, Canada, Chile, Argentina, and 42 States of America; by Vatican, the European Parliament, and the World Council of Churches.