The German parliament is set to approve a resolution declaring that the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War One was a "genocide".
German Bundestag adopted the resolution on the recognition of so-called `Armenian genocide`.
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Turkey is bitterly opposed to the Bundestag (lower house) resolution, and has warned that it could hurt ties.
Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said approval of the resolution would be "irrational". And Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan phoned Mrs Merkel, warning her that ties would suffer "if (Germany) falls into such a game".
The resolution uses the word "genocide" in the headline and text.Turkish governments have rejected the use of the term genocide to describe the massacre and expulsion of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians and members of Christian minorities in the Ottoman empire.
German parliament acknowledges so-called `Armenian genocide` amid intense Turkish pressure - UPDATED
02 June 2016
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