Obama promised Armenian-Americans he would call the atrocity genocide during the 2008 campaign . The White House views Turkey as a more crucial ally than Armenia . In an interview with CNN on Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country had no intention of recognizing any part of what happened in 1915 and called for international action to stop it.
Obama promised Armenian-Americans he would call the atrocity genocide during the 2008 campaign . The White House views Turkey as a more crucial ally than Armenia . Pope Francis , actor George Clooney , and even the Kardashians have taken the moral position , calling it the Armenian genocide .