According to Armenia, up to 1.5 million Ottoman Armenians were killed starting from 1915.
Turkey denies that the deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll during the mass deportation of Ottoman Armenians has been inflated and that those killed in 1915 and 1916 were victims of general unrest during the World War I.
Upon a parliamentary question from Die Linke, which is the main opposition party in Germany, the German Foreign Ministry clarified its position regarding the 1915 events with a written statement. According to the four-point response, the question whether the events constituted genocide should be answered by historians and the issue should be solved between Turkey and Armenia.
The statement also stressed that the United Nations' 1948 convention, which defines genocide, does not apply retroactively.
"We are informed about the initiatives planned by Armenian communities for the 100th anniversary of the 1915/1916 events. The German government currently has no action plan for commemorations at the moment," the statement added.
Ulla Jelpke, a member of the Bundestag from Die Linke, said the German government's stance was "unacceptable." After claiming that the German and Ottoman Turkish governments of the time were "accomplices," Jelpke said the current government in Berlin was "evading responsibility."
Armenian groups all over the world are prepared to increase international pressure over world governments to officially recognize the 1915 events as genocide by late April.......................http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/german-govt-refuses-to-label-1915-events-as-genocide.aspx?pageID=238&nID=77384&NewsCatID=359
24/1/15
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