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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Armenian genocide

Armenian genocide stories: 12 news summaries

(Newser) - US Armenians criticized President Obama today for refusing to acknowledge the Armenian genocide while visiting Turkey, Politico reports. Obama “missed a valuable opportunity to honor" a campaign pledge, said one advocate, after Obama mentioned “the terrible events of 1915” but avoided saying whether he had pressed Turkey's president... More »

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Barack Obama • Abdullah Gul • Armenia • Armenian genocide

(Newser) - President Obama addressed the Turkish parliament today, and used the opportunity to extend an olive branch to the Muslim world, the New York Times reports. “The United States is not, and will never be, at war with Islam,” said Obama. “America’s relationship with the Muslim world... More »

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Barack Obama • Islam • Turkey • diplomacy • European Union • Muslims • foreign policy • Armenia • Armenian genocide • President Obama

(Newser) - Barack Obama reaffirmed the strength of US-Turkish ties at a press conference in Ankara this morning, touting Turkey as a nation with “similar principles” to the US, and asking for its help in ending the Iraq war. But things got awkward when talk turned to Armenian genocide, which Obama... More »

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Barack Obama • Turkey • Abdullah Gul • Armenia • Armenian genocide • Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

(AP) - A group of about 200 Turkish intellectuals today issued an apology on the Internet for the World War I-era massacres of Armenians in Turkey, the AP reports. The group of prominent academics, journalists, writers and artists avoided using the contentious term "genocide" in the apology, using the less explosive... More »

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Turkey • Armenia • Armenian genocide • intellectual

16 Arrested
in Plot to Kill Turkish Laureate

Journalist, party leader involved in plan to murder writer Pamuk

Mar 21, 08 10:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - A nationalist party leader, a veteran journalist, and a top academic have been arrested over a plan to kill dissident Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk. The leader of the Workers’ Party and former rector of Istanbul University, along with a general, and retired colonel, are among 16 who were detained over... More »

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Turkey • Kurds • assassination • Istanbul • Armenian genocide • Orhan Pamuk

Backers Delay Genocide Vote

Turkish tensions scares off support

Oct 26, 07 3:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The four primary sponsors of the House resolution to label the 1915 killings of Armenians in Turkey as genocide have withdrawn support, formally asking Speaker Nancy Pelosi to delay voting on the measure, the AP reports. Enthusiasm for the resolution withered after Turkey withdrew its US ambassador and threatened to... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Turkey • genocide • Armenia • Armenian Resolution • Armenian genocide

Armenian Genocide Vote
 Withering in Turkish Heat

Pols backing off to avoid angering key ally

Oct 17, 07 6:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Members of Congress are backing off a resolution that would classify Turkish purges of Armenians as genocide. The bill's approval by a committee last week infuriated the Turks, who called home their ambassador and have threatened to forbid US military use of Turkish airspace and bases to support Iraqi operations... More »

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Iraq • Turkey • genocide • Kurdistan • Armenian genocide

US Envoys
Try to Soothe
Angry Turks

Upset over rebel strikes, Turkey may attack Kurdish Iraq

Oct 13, 07 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two US envoys flew to Ankara today to urge Turkey not to strike back against Kurdish militants, the BBC reports. Relations between the NATO allies remain strained after US lawmakers accused Turkey this week of waging a WWI-era genocide campaign against Armenians. Turkey reacted by recalling its ambassador from Washington. More »

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Turkey • Condoleezza Rice • State Department • Armenian Resolution • Armenian genocide

Turkey Recalls Its Top US Envoy

Fallout continues from vote on Armenian genocide

Oct 11, 07 1:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Turkey temporarily recalled its ambassador to the US today, the latest sign of strain in relations between Washington and Ankara. Tensions are high after the House Foreign Affairs Committee's resolution to term as genocide the death of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915-17, Reuters reports. "It should not be... More »

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Turkey • diplomacy • Armenian Resolution • Armenian genocide

Turkey Enraged by Genocide Bill

NATO ally says 'political games' will greatly injure relations

Oct 11, 07 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Turkey erupted today over a US bill that would officially recognize the 1915-1917 mass killings of 1.5 million Armenians in Turkey as genocide. Turkey’s president said the House Foreign Affairs Committee, which passed the resolution 27-21, “sought to sacrifice big problems for small domestic political games.”... More »

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Turkey • genocide • House of Representatives • Armenia • Armenian Resolution • Armenian genocide • House Foreign Affairs Committee • Iraq war

Over Bush Objections, House Panel
OKs Armenia Bill

Resolution calls Turkey killings 'genocide'

Oct 10, 07 8:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A House committee today approved a resolution calling World War I-era killings of Armenians by the Turkish government "genocide," despite warnings from the White House and an intense lobbying effort by Turkey. The resolution is largely symbolic, the New York Times reported, but its passage by the full... More »

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Turkey • genocide • Armenia • Ottoman Empire • Armenian genocide • Iraq war

Armenia Measure Puts White House, Turkey on Edge

House bill would term WWI killings 'genocide'

Oct 10, 07 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - A bill to term the World War I-era deaths of 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of the Turkish government "genocide" is winning support in Congress—making the White House squirm and Turkey fume, the Washington Post reports. President Bush and eight former Secretaries of State have warned... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Turkey • genocide • House of Representatives • Billy • Armenia • Armenian Resolution • Armenian genocide

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