After facing days of protests from Turkey, German MPs voted through a resolution to label the killing of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire a genocide. Turkey slammed as "null and void" and a "historic mistake" the German parliament's resolution recognizing the World War I killings of Armenians by Ottoman forces as genocide. In response, Turkey has recalled its ambassador to Germany, Hüseyin Avni Karslioglu, a traditional diplomatic signal of displeasure.
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