Permanent Delegation of Turkey to the European Union returned Friday, June 17 the European Parliament's (EP) 2015 Turkey progress report over the mention of theArmenian Genocide, Daily Sabah says.

Diplomatic sources said that the report, which the EP passed in April by 375 votes in favor and 133 against, was rejected without even being opened due its request to recognize 1915 mass killings of Armenians at the hands of the Ottoman Empire as genocide.

Turkey also returned a previous report in spring 2015 for the same reason.

"Turkey will reject the European Parliament Progress Report on Turkey if it includes any mention of an Armenian Genocide," Turkey's then-EU Minister Volkan Bozkir said.