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Turkey has sharply criticised Poland for acknowledging the killing of thousands of Armenians by Turks between 1915 and 1917 as genocide.
Earlier this week Poland joined a list of 15 countries that have officially acknowledged the killings as genocide when its parliament passed a resolution condemning the Armenian massacres.
Armenian sources speak about up to 1.5 million victims, while Ankara counters that 300,000 Armenians and thousands of Turks were killed during WW I when the Armenians rose against their Ottoman rulers.
Ankara called the resolution passed by Polish parliament "irresponsible," and said it would hurt bilateral relations.
| Source: Radio Polonia | April.22.2005 |
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