A view shows the illuminated Tsitsernakaberd memorial during an event commemorating victims of the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in Yerevan, Armenia April 23, 2021. Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the 1915 massacres and forced deportation of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide, a move that infuriated Turkey and further strained frayed ties between the two NATO allies.
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