"Turkey stands against allies for saying Turks committed genocide against Armenians
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05/11/2006 20:39
The moves come in a week of tense diplomacy for the Turks, who briefly recalled ambassadors to both France and Canada in protest against recent statements in those countries on the killings of Armenians. The ambassadors returned Thursday after four days in Ankara.
The diplomatic maneuvering shows how sensitive Turks are to the issue. In recognizing the killings as genocide, other countries are putting the Ottoman Turks in the same category as Nazi Germans, a move intensely resisted in Turkey and not likely to make the Turks any more popular in the European Union they hope to join."
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