Turkish president calls Pope’s words on Armenian genocide “nonsense”

 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called Pope Francis’ calling the genocide of Armenians in 1915 the first genocide of the 20th century nonsense, Gazeta.ru reports.Erdogan said that he was condemning the Pope’s statement and urging him to refrain from making such mistake again.

 

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has described Pope Francis calling the genocide of Armenians in 1915 the first genocide of the 20th century as "nonsense", Gazeta.ru reports.

Erdogan said that he was condemning the Pope’s statement and urging him to refrain from making such a mistake again.