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TURKEY WARNS FRANCE OVER GENOCIDE VOTE
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.gbcghana.com/index.php?id=1.710035
Dec 22 2011
A row is brewing between France and Turkey over a parliamentary vote in
the French lower house which is expected to outlaw denial of genocide.
Although not named in the bill it will cover the controversial killing
of Armenians in 1915 at the end of the Ottoman Empire.
Turkey denies the deaths amount to genocide.
MP Patrick Devedjian of Armenian decent supports the bill and said:
"The fact Turkey is sending delegations to France and threatening us
because we want to consider a law which would be introduced in France
only, and not in foreign states, shows that Turkey is acting in bad
faith. "
The vote has provoked protests outside the French embassy in Ankara.
Many in the country view the move as a political ploy by President
Nicolas Sarkozy to win the support of 500,000 ethnic Armenians living
in France.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned of boycotting French
goods and cancelling significant construction contracts. He said,
"the preposterous step Sarkozy is taking to win votes will harm
relations between Turkey and France. "
More than 1. 5 million Christian Armenians were killed in what is
now eastern Turkey during World War One in what some allege was a
deliberate policy of genocide. Ankara says many Turks and Kurds were
also killed as Russian troops invaded the region.
From: Baghdasarian
Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
http://www.gbcghana.com/index.php?id=1.710035
Dec 22 2011
A row is brewing between France and Turkey over a parliamentary vote in
the French lower house which is expected to outlaw denial of genocide.
Although not named in the bill it will cover the controversial killing
of Armenians in 1915 at the end of the Ottoman Empire.
Turkey denies the deaths amount to genocide.
MP Patrick Devedjian of Armenian decent supports the bill and said:
"The fact Turkey is sending delegations to France and threatening us
because we want to consider a law which would be introduced in France
only, and not in foreign states, shows that Turkey is acting in bad
faith. "
The vote has provoked protests outside the French embassy in Ankara.
Many in the country view the move as a political ploy by President
Nicolas Sarkozy to win the support of 500,000 ethnic Armenians living
in France.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned of boycotting French
goods and cancelling significant construction contracts. He said,
"the preposterous step Sarkozy is taking to win votes will harm
relations between Turkey and France. "
More than 1. 5 million Christian Armenians were killed in what is
now eastern Turkey during World War One in what some allege was a
deliberate policy of genocide. Ankara says many Turks and Kurds were
also killed as Russian troops invaded the region.
From: Baghdasarian