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Ottawa Citizen, Canada
December 23, 2011 Friday
Final Edition
Turkey; Ties cut with France over genocide law
Turkey reacted with fury Thursday to a vote by French lawmakers to
outlaw denial of the 1915 Armenian genocide, immediately cutting
military ties and warning of "irreparable damage" to relations. "This
is politics based on racism, discrimination and xenophobia," thundered
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "From now on we are revising our
relations with France. There was no genocide committed in our history.
We do not accept this."
December 23, 2011 Friday
Final Edition
Turkey; Ties cut with France over genocide law
Turkey reacted with fury Thursday to a vote by French lawmakers to
outlaw denial of the 1915 Armenian genocide, immediately cutting
military ties and warning of "irreparable damage" to relations. "This
is politics based on racism, discrimination and xenophobia," thundered
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. "From now on we are revising our
relations with France. There was no genocide committed in our history.
We do not accept this."