U.S. President Barack Obama, making the annual statement on the anniversary of the so-called "Armenian genocide" on Saturday, did not use the word "genocide" and called the 1915 events by an expression in Armenian language, translated as "great tragedy", CNN Turk channel reported.
In 2009 and 2010, Obama also called the events of 1915 "a great tragedy".
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of Turkey - the Ottoman Empire - had committed a "genocide" in 1915 against the Armenians living in Anadolu.