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Epstein Files Document 540+ References to U.S. Turkey Envoy – including a Shocking Revelation that Former Turkish FM Davutoglu Enlisted Barrack and Epstein to Fight Armenian Genocide Recognition

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The Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) is calling on President Trump to immediately fire U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack – an unapologetic denier of the Armenian Genocide – following revelations in the Department of Justice\u2019s Epstein Files documenting his decade-long friendship with convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

The ANCA first called<\/a><\/strong> for his resignation last July, after he publicly dismissed the Armenian Genocide as an \u201cold impression\u201d at a State Department briefing in New York City. At that time, the ANCA joined<\/a><\/strong> the Hellenic American Leadership Council and American Friends of Kurdistan in calling for his recall.

\u201cTom Barrack called a convicted child sex trafficker his \u2018role model\u2019 – in writing,\u201d said ANCA Executive Director Aram Hamparian. \u201cHe appears over 540 times in the Epstein Files. And before all of this came to light, he was already on record denying the Armenian Genocide on behalf of the Turkish government. President Trump needs to fire him now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sen. Adam Schiff<\/a><\/strong> (D-CA) put the question bluntly, writing Monday night: \u201cIs this really who we want representing our country.\u201d

The DOJ\u2019s Epstein Files document a warm and sustained personal relationship that continued for over a decade after Epstein\u2019s 2008 conviction for sex crimes involving minors. In December 2012<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 four years after Epstein\u2019s conviction \u2014 Barrack emailed Epstein: \u201cNot until you hire me as ur butler. How is my role model?\u201d\u00a0In March 2016<\/a><\/strong>, with Barrack serving as a senior Trump campaign fundraiser, Epstein emailed him: \u201cSend photos of you and child \u2014 make me smile.\u201d\u00a0

The Epstein Files also expose a direct connection between Epstein\u2019s network and efforts to suppress Armenian Genocide recognition in the United States. In a February 11, 2026 video<\/a><\/strong> posted to X, former Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu admitted that his meeting with U.S. billionaire Thomas Pritzker \u2014 documented in the DOJ files<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 was specifically arranged to seek support \u201cagainst the Armenian lobby\u201d ahead of the 2015 Armenian Genocide centennial. DOJ records show Pritzker emailing Epstein about Davutoglu, describing him as a \u201cKissinger-type figure,\u201d and arranging a meeting between the two. Pritzker has since resigned as Hyatt Hotels chair, citing his ties to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

The pattern is clear: genocide denial and the Epstein class are not separate stories. Barrack denied the Armenian Genocide on behalf of Ankara. Davutoglu used the Epstein network to fight Armenian Genocide recognition in Washington.

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