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Turkey has reacted furiously to Germany's declaration that the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces during the First World War was genocide.

Turkey has recalled its envoy to Berlin, calling the vote 'an example of ignorance and disrespect'.

Professor Gulner Aybet is from Bahcesehir University in Istanbul and supports the government - she spoke to James Coomarasamy.

(Photo: People in Ottoman costumes protest in front of the German Consulate in Istanbul. Credit: EPA)