The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) issued a statement on the decision of the Latvian parliament to recognize the events of 1915 as "genocide", AzVision.az reports citing the Turkish media.
"The decision of the Latvian Parliament dated May 6, 2021, has no legal basis. We reject this illegal decision and strongly condemn it. It is not the duty of parliament to judge the historical events," the statement reads.
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