The Turkish Defense Ministry deleted the tweet minutes after the publication of this article,
Greek City Times reports.
This is perhaps one of the first time Ankara has used the term “genocide”, something it usually ardently avoids, and especially unusual since it came from the Turkish Defense Ministry.
The Turkish Defense Ministry said on Twitter “We reject and do not recognize the Latvian Parliament’s decision on the genocide.”
Latvia’s parliament (Seima) officially recognized the Armenian Genocide on Thursday with 58 votes to 11 and seven abstentions
