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Turkish foreign ministry denounces Biden recognizing Armenian genocide

By Carly Roman
Published April 24, 2021 8:14pm ET
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Turkish foreign ministry denounces Biden recognizing Armenian genocide
In this photo taken late Sunday, seen behind a Turkish flag, supporters of Turkey's President and ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, gather during celebrations outside the party headquarters in Istanbul. Erdogan, 64 who has dominated Turkish politics for the past 15 years, is the winner of Sunday's polls and was set to extend his rule with sweeping new powers after winning landmark presidential and parliamentary elections. | (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

The Turkish foreign ministry denounced President Joe Biden’s decision to classify the mass killings perpetrated against the Armenian people as a genocide, saying it was a setback to U.S.-Turkish relations.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Biden’s decision represented a “vulgar distortion of history” that would be “polarizing the nations and hindering peace and stability in our region” in a statement on Saturday.

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