Ankara Criticizes Polish Stance

 

Turkey has sharply criticised Poland for acknowledging the killing of thousands of Armenians by Turks between 1915 and 1917 as genocide.

Earlier this week Poland joined a list of 15 countries that have officially acknowledged the killings as genocide when its parliament passed a resolution condemning the Armenian massacres.

Armenian sources speak about up to 1.5 million victims, while Ankara counters that 300,000 Armenians and thousands of Turks were killed during WW I when the Armenians rose against their Ottoman rulers.

Ankara called the resolution passed by Polish parliament "irresponsible," and said it would hurt bilateral relations.

Source: Radio Polonia

April.22.2005

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