Inside the Genocide monument. Photo from ArmeniapediaTurkey, on Edge, Watches U.S. Vote On Armenia -- Wall Street journal
Washington's Shift on Armenian Genocide Debate Angers Ankara.
ISTANBUL—A U.S. congressional vote on how to define the 1915 slaughter of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, expected Thursday, is turning into a game of brinksmanship between the White House and Ankara.
In previous years, Congress has attempted to pass a resolution to recognize the Armenian events as genocide. Such a resolution would inflame Turkey and has brought vows from past U.S. administrations that they would block the bill, a nod to Turkey's role as a key ally of Washington in the Middle East.
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