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Article: Turkey recalls ambassador after US vote on Armenian 'genocide'

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October 12, 2007
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Turkey recalled its ambassador from Washington last night in response to a US congressional decision to label the First World War- era killings of Armenians as genocide.

Despite intense lobbying by Turkey and a last-gasp intervention by President George Bush, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed the bill on Wednesday by a 27-21 vote - in a move seen as an insult by most Turks.

Turkey's Foreign Ministry said the ambassador would return to Turkey for a stay of "a week or 10 days". "We are not withdrawing our ambassador," said a ministry spokesman, Levent Bilman. "We have asked him to come to Turkey for some consultations."

In a statement yesterday, the Turkish government condemned the ...

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