TURKISH DELEGATION LEAVES FOR FRANCE TO BLOCK ARMENIAN GENOCIDE ISSUE BILL
Milliyet website, Istanbul
10 May 06
A Turkish parliamentary delegation has left for Paris nine days before
France passes a bill calling for the penalization of anyone who says
"an act of genocide did not take place against the Armenians in the
past". The delegation is composed of AKP [Justice and Development
Party] members Mehmet Dulger, head of the Turkish Grand National
Assembly Foreign Relations Committee, and Musa Sivacioglu and CHP
[Republican People's Party] members Onur Oymen and Gulsun Bilgehan
Toker. It will explain the harm the bill might cause in France's
relations with Turkey if it is passed.
Milliyet website, Istanbul
10 May 06
A Turkish parliamentary delegation has left for Paris nine days before
France passes a bill calling for the penalization of anyone who says
"an act of genocide did not take place against the Armenians in the
past". The delegation is composed of AKP [Justice and Development
Party] members Mehmet Dulger, head of the Turkish Grand National
Assembly Foreign Relations Committee, and Musa Sivacioglu and CHP
[Republican People's Party] members Onur Oymen and Gulsun Bilgehan
Toker. It will explain the harm the bill might cause in France's
relations with Turkey if it is passed.