Journalist Duygu Guvenc of Turkey’s Cumhuriyet daily harshly criticized the Turkish authorities’ steps toward impeding the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

“Turkey suffered big losses by celebrating on April 24, as a response to Armenians, the 100th anniversary of [the Battle of] Gallipoli.   

“[But] on the 100th anniversary of the [Armenian] Genocide, the number of countries recognizing the genocide, or countries reformulating the recognition, has increased by ten. 

“The Vatican, Argentina, Austria, Bulgaria, Chile, Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, Russia and Syria are the countries that said ‘genocide’ in 2015.

“[Yet] Ankara is carrying out activities to prevent, in the parliament of Germany, the decision that reflects the German president’s [genocide-recognizing] remarks,” the Cumhuriyet journalist noted, in particular.