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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Erdogan rejects Israel’s Armenian genocide move, points to Gaza deaths

Turkey NATO Security - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Turkey's president on Tuesday dismissed an Israeli proposal to designate violence against Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I as genocide, and turned the accusation back at Israel by pointing at the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was responding to a measure approved Sunday by the Israel Cabinet. The proposal still requires parliamentary approval and comes amid deteriorating ties between Israel and Turkey.

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