US President Biden described the events of 1915 as “genocide”

Joe Biden, who defined “genocide” before taking office and defined the events of 1915 as genocide during his term as President of the United States, made a statement today…

Biden once again called the events of 1915 “genocide” in his statement today.

“Today we commemorate the lives we lost during Meds Yeghern and pledge once again that we will never forget them,” the written statement posted on the official White House website read.

Biden, who uses Meds Yeghern which means “Great Disaster” in Armenian, said: “Today we commemorate those who lost their lives in Meds Yeghern (Armenian Genocide) and we promise we will never forget them. On April 24, 1915, the Ottoman authorities arrested Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Istanbul and used systematic violence.

Notably, Biden referred to Istanbul as “Constantinople” this year, as he has in previous years.

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Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu reacted to Biden’s statements…

Çavuşoğlu responded to Biden’s statement about the events of 1915 in his social media post. In the post, “Political charlatans trying to distort history are on the scene again! History cannot be rewritten with political statements. Opportunists who insist on this attitude will be remembered for their ulterior motives and hypocrisy. It is nobody’s place to give a history lesson to the Great Turkish Nation.