Turkey condemns pope's genocide declaration
By AFP 3 hours ago in World
Turkey has condemned as "very unfortunate" Pope Francis's declaration that the mass killings of Armenians a century ago by Ottoman forces amounted to a genocide, saying it bore traces of "the mentality of the Crusades."
"It is not an objective statement that conforms with reality," Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canlikli said late on Saturday, quoted by the state-run news agency Anadolu.
The pope on Friday denounced the World War I killing of Armenians as a genocide, prompting Turkey's anger.
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