"We condemn and vehemently reject the decision of the Parliament of Luxembourg. We notified Luxembourg Ambassador to Ankara of our stance and summoned him to our ministry. Turkish Ambassador to Luxembourg Levent Sahinkaya was recalled to Ankara for consultations," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a press release.
In April, Turkey summoned its ambassador to the Vatican after Pope Francis referred to the killings of Armenians during World War I as "the first genocide of the 20th century."
Ten days later, Ankara withdrew its ambassador to Vienna after the Austrian Parliament issued a statement recognizing and condemning the 1915 genocide.
Luxembourg joined dozens of other states and organizations that officially recognized the mass killings of Armenians in 1915, qualifying them as a genocide.
Turkey, the successor of the Ottoman Empire, refuses to use the word "genocide" to refer to the 1915 events, stating that Turkish nationals were also among victims.
Yerevan estimates that 1.5 million Armenians lost their lives during this period.
