ANKARA: Turkey on Thursday recalled its ambassador to Washington in anger at a resolution passed by a US Congress committee which says the Armenians were victims of genocide by the Ottoman Turks, Anatolia news agency said.

The ambassador, Nabi Sensoy, was recalled for consultations on the text which could now go before the full House of Representatives, said the news agency.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that his government would do everything possible to stop the adoption of the resolution by the house and was studying possible action if the motion is passed.

250,000-500,000 Armenians and at least as many Turks died in strife after Armenians took up arms for independence.

The resolution was adopted by the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday and President George W. Bush’s administration said it would lobby the full Democratic-led chamber against taking it further.—AFP