Berlin Ambassador Summoned to Turkey

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Turkey’s Ambassador to Berlin, Hüseyin Avni Karslıoğlu has been summoned to Turkey following Germany’s approval of the bill concerning the Armenian Genocide.

Karslıoğlu is expected to come to İstanbul at 2:45 p.m. Turkey’s time.

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Initial reactions from the AKP and President Erdoğan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan remarked that the decision will seriously impact the Germany-Turkey relations. "We will discuss what steps we will take after our ambassador returns", saying Erdoğan concluded that they will make the final decision after assessing the texts.

Vice Prime Minister, Numan Kurtulmuş had made the following remarks on Twitter following the approval of the bill:

“German Federal Assembly’s acknowledging some ‘twisted and baseless’ allegations as ‘genocide’ is a historical mistake.

“This decision is null and void for Turkey.

“This is not an issue to be decided by politicians or parliaments but scientists and historians. We as Turkey will indeed give the required response”.

Justice and Development Party (AKP) Spokesperson, Yasin Aktay noted that ties between the two countries are seriously damaged. (EKN/TK)