Finally the president of USA uttered a word with a huge historical and political burden that his Turkish counterpart did not want to hear at all. A taboo word: That the massacre of Armenians during World War I was genocide. The German press devotes many commentary articles, examining the issue from all angles.
THE Southgerman newspaper dedicates an article, in which it explains the prehistory and the details of this development, noting that the clarification of a chapter of history will burden the already “miserable relations between the USA and Turkey”, the DW. Her commentator writes: “Another aggravating element in the relations between the two countries is the conflict (of Turkey) with Greece on the potential energy deposits in the eastern Mediterranean. NATO Turkey constantly threatens NATO Greece with the use of military force. Washington does not hide its support in Greece and even participated in a naval exercise there. Objectively o Biden without a doubt he is right with the word “genocide”. But politically, however, it must manage so that Turkey, as a NATO country and a regional power, does not continue to create problems at every opportunity. “Hopefully, the American president, who speaks a clear language, knows how to do it.”
Her columnist Daily mirror “The Turkish president needs more powerful partners than ever to get him out of political isolation,” the paper said. “Of course, the Europeans insist on the good behavior of the Turks towards Greece and Cyprus, setting conditions for the expansion of the customs union. “Biden’s move could bring Turkey back to the realm of political reality.”
And the Stuttgart newspaper considers that the recognition of the Armenian genocide is a turning point in bilateral relations, and not only. “Until now, President Erdogan has acted as if Turkey were so necessary to the West that even the American superpower should be careful not to irritate it. But that has changed. Biden wants to make it clear to Ankara that Turkey needs the United States rather than the other way around. The Biden government sees Erdogan as an authoritarian leader to whom limits must be set. “The message from the American president is that Turkey is going to lose the West and in this way the US is changing the rules of the game.”
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