Turkish PM scorns Armenia apology...

Turkey's prime minister has criticised a Turkish internet petition which apologises for the "great catastrophe" of 1915 when Armenians were massacred. 

The petition was launched by more than 200 Turkish academics and newspaper columnists earlier this week. 

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan said: "I find it unreasonable to apologise when there is no reason". 

Hundreds of thousands of Armenians died at the hands of Ottoman Turks in 1915. Turkey denies that it was "genocide". More...

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