Congressman Gary Ackerman – member of House Foreign Affairs Committee and an advocate of Armenian Genocide recognition, severely criticized Wooodrow Wilson Center’s initiative to honor Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, reported the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).

In his letter addressed to Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Ackerman expressed “deep concern and dismay” regarding the Center’s decision.  The Congressman emphasized that “Turkey continues to not only deny the Armenian Genocide, but also to criminalize recognition of it in Turkey.”

“We join with Armenians from the 5th district, across the Empire State and around the nation in thanking Congressman Ackerman for standing up against the Woodrow Wilson Center’s controversial decision to honor Turkey’s Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu,” Asbarez quotes  Armenian National Committee of New York chairman Raffi Mahserdjian