Do we give a fuck what happened between 1915 and 1923? And if yes, what about between 1872 and 1877? Or 1423 and 1462? House approves sweeping Turkey sanctions bill, recognizes Armenian genocide. In a remarkable rebuke of a NATO ally, the House on Tuesday approved a biting sanctions bill that could cripple Turkey's economy and would punish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan personally by requiring an assessment of his net worth amid questions about his finances in Turkey. Lawmakers also passed a deeply contentious measure to commemorate the Armenian genocide, a historic move that will almost certainly exacerbate U.S.-Turkey tensions. The genocide measure officially recognizes the systematic killing of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915 to 1923. https://news.yahoo.com/trumps-pinprick-turkey-sanctions-congress-153340711.html