Germany's Parliament was put under heavy criticism earlier this week by the Turkish government over its passing of a resolution, which officially recognizes the mass murders of Armenians on Turkish territory during World War 1 as "genocide."

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Turkish Minister of Justice, Bekir Bozdağ, has now criticized Germany and accused them of hypocrisy, pointing out their alleged role in the holocaust during World War 2.

"They burned Jews in furnaces and now they slander the Turkish people by accusing us of some genocide. Why don't you look at your own history first," Bozdağ said.

"Look back first at your own history... in our history, there is nothing that we can be ashamed of," he added.

The usage of the term 'genocide' has been up to debate between the Turkish government and the Armenian people, with the former claiming that the massacres that occurred during 1915 were one of the "biggest lies of history."

Bozdağ was one of many Turkish officials who claim that the passing of the nonbinding resolution by Germany's Bundestag on Thursday was not only insulting to the Turkish people, but also irrelevant.

Bozdağ went on to claim that even if all the parliaments of the world were to pass a motion recognising the genocide, it would not besmear the country or its history.

Before Germany recognised the genocide on Thursday, other nations fully acknowledged the massacre. However, Germany's recognition is more pertinent than others because of the recent refugee crisis, in which both Germany and Turkey play a major role.

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