News Biden recognizes as ‘genocide’ the killing of 1.5M Armenians by Ottoman Turks April 24, 2021April 24, 2021Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAYComments Off on Biden recognizes as ‘genocide’ the killing of 1.5M Armenians by Ottoman Turks Earlier this week, Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Joe Biden would "harm ties" if he made the genocide declaration.