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TURKEY TO TAKE MORE STEPS AFTER FRANCE ACTS ON GENOCIDE BILL
Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Dec 22 2011
Germany
Dec. 22--ANKARA -- Turkey would watch what happens to the Armenian
genocide bill, which still has to be passed by the French Senate and
signed by President Nicolas Sarkozy before it becomes law, Turkish
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday.
He warned: "We will gradually take more steps according to how France
acts on the bill."
Erdogan thanked the French legislators who voted against the bill. He
accused the "yes"-voting deputies of promoting enmity towards Turks and
Muslims. The bill is a case of "the politics of racism, discrimination
and xenophobia," Erdogan said.
"More than to Turkey, this bill is an injustice to France, to French
people and to French principles," he said.
He said if the deputies had been sincere in their concern for what
happened in 1915-18, they would have backed Ankara's idea of setting up
a historical commission, which would have access to Turkey's archives.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Dec 22 2011
Germany
Dec. 22--ANKARA -- Turkey would watch what happens to the Armenian
genocide bill, which still has to be passed by the French Senate and
signed by President Nicolas Sarkozy before it becomes law, Turkish
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday.
He warned: "We will gradually take more steps according to how France
acts on the bill."
Erdogan thanked the French legislators who voted against the bill. He
accused the "yes"-voting deputies of promoting enmity towards Turks and
Muslims. The bill is a case of "the politics of racism, discrimination
and xenophobia," Erdogan said.
"More than to Turkey, this bill is an injustice to France, to French
people and to French principles," he said.
He said if the deputies had been sincere in their concern for what
happened in 1915-18, they would have backed Ankara's idea of setting up
a historical commission, which would have access to Turkey's archives.