News Biden recognizes as ‘genocide’ the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks April 24, 2021April 25, 2021Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAYComments Off on Biden recognizes as ‘genocide’ the killing of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks Turkey's foreign minister had said President Joe Biden would "harm ties" if he made the genocide declaration long sought by Armenian-Americans.