Story highlights Resolution passed by 'striking majority,' with just one politician voting against

Fears it could place strain on Germany-Turkey relations and EU migrant deal

(CNN) The German parliament has passed a symbolic resolution recognizing the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces as a "genocide."

The resolution was passed with a "striking majority" said President of the German Bundestag Norbert Lammert, with only one politician voting against it and one abstaining.

Between 600,000 and 1.5 million Armenians, and other minorities, are estimated to have been killed by what was then-Ottoman Turkey during World War One.

Turkey has always rejected the term "genocide," saying there was no systematic attempt to destroy a people.

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