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Erdogan rejects Israel’s Armenian Genocide recognition, blasts ‘murder network’ in Gaza
Elad Benari
July 1, 2026

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a fierce denunciation of Israel on Tuesday following a unanimous vote by the Israeli Cabinet to formally acknowledge the Ottoman-era Armenian massacres as genocide. The legislative move and the ensuing diplomatic clash mark the latest breakdown in bilateral ties, which have deteriorated drastically amid the ongoing war in Gaza. Speaking directly after a cabinet session, Erdogan rejected the historical designation and forcefully turned the focus toward current events in the Middle East. “We do not give the slightest heed to the slanders about our country from the murder network that has the blood of 73,000 innocent Gazans, most of them children and women, on its hands,” Erdogan said, as quoted by Politico. “In our history there is no genocide, no massacre, no oppression, and no colonialism,” he claimed. READ MORE

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