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    The New Anatolian, Turkey
    June 18 2005

    Erdogan rebukes Germans over Armenian decision
    The New Anatolian / Ankara

    Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday criticized
    the German Parliament's decision this week urging Ankara to examine
    its role in the so-called Armenian genocide. Accusing the German
    Parliament of "sacrificing" this serious issue to "simple lobbyists,"
    without making any meaningful investigation of it, Erdogan called
    the decision "politically wrong and ugly."

    The German Parliament on Thursday urged Turkey to examine its role in
    the so-called Armenian genocide, an issue that could thwart Ankara's
    hopes of joining the European Union. German lawmakers adopted a
    cross-party resolution asking the Berlin government to press Turkey
    to reexamine theso-called Armenian genocide.

    "The word 'genocide' was not used in their decision," Erdogan said,
    speaking to reporters about the German Parliament's decision on his
    arrival to Turkey from Lebanon late Thursday. "They chose to use the
    word massacre. But still, I think that it's politically wrong and
    ugly to make this decision without investigating or negotiating on
    it. We opened our archives, but they showed no interest."

    Erdogan said that German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's "attitude is
    opposite to this decision." He continued, "We expected the chancellor
    to move on this and try to persuade some deputies to voice their
    reservations about the decision."
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