Posted on 06/26/2016 5:21:10 AM PDT by marshmallow
Turkey says Pope Francis' description of the WW1 mass killing of Armenians as genocide shows "the mentality of the Crusades".
The pontiff's remarks have "no relation to reality", Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Nurettin Canikli said.
Armenia and many historians say up to 1.5 million Armenian Christians were killed by Ottoman Turkish forces in 1915.
But Turkey disputes the figure and denies the deaths constituted genocide.
It says the deaths were part of a civil conflict triggered by WW1.
The row continues to sour Turkish-Armenian relations, drawing in other countries such as Germany, whose parliament recently declared the killings to be genocide.
Pope Francis made the comments on Friday during a visit to he Armenian capital, Yerevan.
"This tragedy, this genocide, has unfortunately marked the start of a sad series of great catastrophes of the last century," he said.
But Mr Canikli hit back late on Saturday, describing the remarks as "unfortunate".
"It is possible to see all the hallmarks or reflections of the mentality of the Crusades in the Pope's activities," he said, quoted by the state-run Anadolu news agency, referring to military campaigns in Medieval times promoted by the papacy against Muslims in the Middle East.
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Well, to be truthful, they don’t consider it genocide compared to what muhamhead (Pigs be inseminating him) has commanded them to do.
Is there something irrational about Christians not wanting to be killed by Muslim rulers?
Why should a good muslim be embarrassed by one of the most effective jihads in history?
A million Armenians, but add to that several hundred thousand Assyrian Christians, and several hundred thousand more greeks. They usually get forgotten in all this. All in all, a proud moment in Turkish history.
The crusades were a reply to Islamic terror that didn’t go far enough.
The crusades were a reply to Islamic terror that didn’t go far enough.
The Turks and our DiC are the only ones who think it wasn’t a genocide
Erdogan is an Islamist. He supports ISIS.
Yes, Turkey has committed genocide multiple times and has denied all of them. They simply Lie.
And they are doing the same thing now to the Kurds.
Turkey under Erdogan has no rightful place in NATO. Of course no pressure will be brought on Turkey about any of this, and more, until Obozo is our of office. BECAUSE, Obozo is just like Erdogan, he too is an Islamist Liar.
Erdogan related: https://www.rt.com/news/348390-erdogan-trump-tower-istanbul/
The Left wants to lump it all together as “nationalism”, but it’s much more about local culture.
Oddly enough it was Mother Theresa's birth place. Imagine one of the strictest commie countries producing a modern day "saint."
Actually I believe she was Albanian... when she was born the area was still ruled by the Turks though not for long I don't think.
I guess importing into the Vatican Mohammadans who had resettled in Turkey isn’t cutting him any slack.
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