The vote in Germany zeroed Turkey’s attempts to deny history.

Renowned French historian Yves Ternon wrote the aforesaid in his article published in Le Monde daily of France, and in connection with the German Bundestag’s passing of the resolution that recognizes Armenian Genocide.

“The Bundestag vote brings honor to Germany. There are millions of Turks in that country, whereas the number of Armenians [living there] is only a few thousand. Besides, this vote zeroes the Turkish government’s denial [of Armenian Genocide]. Now, it is apparent that it is not ready to acknowledge its [own] history.

“The German Parliament had the courage to resist the [Turkish] leader [i.e. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan], whose dictatorial tendencies increasingly cause concern not only to his own people, but the international community.

“The recollection of Genocide calls all people of good will to remembrance,” Ternon specifically wrote in his article.

On June 2, the Bundestag, the lower house of the German parliament, formally recognized the Armenian Genocide, with the aforesaid resolution and with only one vote against and one abstention. The resolution also notes that the Bundestag regrets that the German government at the time did nothing to stop this crime against humanity, and therefore the Bundestag also acknowledges the respective historical accountability of Germany.