“Despite avoiding the word ‘genocide’ in describing the events of 1915 during his Saturday commemoration statement, U.S. President Barack Obama’s wording still riled the Turkish Foreign Ministry,” Hurriyet Daily News reads.

Nonetheless, while Turkish FM Ahmet Dvutoglu was upset with Obama’s statement calling occurring of the World War I “one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century,” Turkish PM put out a positive statement, that brought out a breach between the Foreign Ministry and Government.

“Regretfully, it is a statement reflecting a one-sided and mistaken political view,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a written statement on Saturday. “Subjective memories are the biggest enemy of historical truths. No nation can impose its own memory on others,” source says.

However, Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed Obama’s words, stating that the U.S. President “took Turkey’s concerns into consideration,” while Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu declared the speech was “unacceptable.”

"Deniz Baykal, the leader of the main opposition Republican People’s Party, or CHP, criticized Erdoğan for contradicting the Foreign Ministry. “Turkey voices one reaction in solidarity. Mr. Prime Minister should advocate for his country, not for what Obama said,” source quotes Baykal.

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