Germany nixes Armenian Genocide concert in Istanbul

Germany’s Foreign Ministry has halted plans for a classical concert about the Armenian genocide that was due to be held at its consulate in Istanbul, the Associated Press reports.

The ministry confirmed media reports Tuesday that it had informed the Dresden Symphony Orchestra the venue wouldn’t be available Nov. 13.

The orchestra had planned to perform “Aghet ,” a special concert commemorating the mass killing of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I.

Germany’s Parliament recently passed a resolution describing them as such, much to Turkey’s anger.

The orchestra had invited Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Binali Yildirim to the concert.

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“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS