The resolution which labels the 1915-1916 massacres a genocide had overwhelming support, despite more than a year of unsuccessful backstage efforts by the German government to water down a text that has... BERLIN—Germany’s parliament on Thursday approved a motion calling the killing of more than a million Armenians by Ottoman Turks a genocide, a move which angered Turkey, Berlin’s ally in keeping Europe’s migrant crisis in check.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 02, 2016 10:34 UTC