Germany's lower house of parliament has approved a resolution recognizing the mass killings of Armenians during World War I by Ottoman forces as a "genocide," unleashing a furious reaction from Ottoman successor state Turkey. The five-page, symbolic resolution passed in the Bundestag on June 2 calls for a "commemoration of the genocide of Armenian and other Christian minorities in the years 1915 and 1916," when up to 1.5 million ethnic Armenians are thought to have been massacred.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Germany recognizes killing of Armenians as ‘genocide’
Armenian activists wave flags outside the Bundestag after law makers voted to recognise the Armenian genocide after a debate during the 173rd sitting of the German lower house of parliament, in Berlin on June 2, 2016.
