Eleven German MPs under police protection in 'genocide' row

People have protested at the German embassy in Ankara, but German MP Cem Ozdemir and others have also received threats and abuse

Eleven German MPs of Turkish origin have been put under police protection.

They received death threats after supporting a move to describe the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide.

Germany's foreign ministry has warned MPs of Turkish origin against travelling to Turkey, saying their security there could not be guaranteed.


The German parliament's move outraged the Turkish government, which does not recognise the killings as genocide.