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OPPOSITION FIGURE RAPS ANKARA'S OBEDIENCE TO FRANCE'S POLICY ON SYRIA
FARS News Agency
December 25, 2011 Sunday
Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- A key Turkish opposition party lashed out at Ankara for
its obedience to the West and France's hostile policies against Syria,
and warned that Paris is not a reliable partner for Turkey.
According to FNA dispatches, Deputy Chairman of Turkish Republican
People's Party (CHP) Erdogan Toprak blasted the recent bill passed
at the French parliament labeling 1915 mass killings of Armenians by
Ottoman Turks as "genocide".
The government of Turkey is complying with France's policies towards
Syria, Toprak said, and cautioned that Ankara is entering a plight
in Syria by obeying Paris.
Toprak dismissed the necessity for a conflict between the two
neighboring states, and raised question about alliance with France
against Syria.
Although Ankara has shown a strong compliance with France's policies
on Syria, Turkey halted military cooperation with France and suspended
political visits in retaliation for a French bill making it a criminal
offence to deny the 1915 mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks
was genocide.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, said the vote,
which received cross-party support in France's National Assembly -
its lower house - would open "very grave and irreparable wounds"
in bilateral relations.
Turkey, a NATO member, is a key ally of France, and the pair have
worked closely together on different issues from Syria to Afghanistan.
FARS News Agency
December 25, 2011 Sunday
Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- A key Turkish opposition party lashed out at Ankara for
its obedience to the West and France's hostile policies against Syria,
and warned that Paris is not a reliable partner for Turkey.
According to FNA dispatches, Deputy Chairman of Turkish Republican
People's Party (CHP) Erdogan Toprak blasted the recent bill passed
at the French parliament labeling 1915 mass killings of Armenians by
Ottoman Turks as "genocide".
The government of Turkey is complying with France's policies towards
Syria, Toprak said, and cautioned that Ankara is entering a plight
in Syria by obeying Paris.
Toprak dismissed the necessity for a conflict between the two
neighboring states, and raised question about alliance with France
against Syria.
Although Ankara has shown a strong compliance with France's policies
on Syria, Turkey halted military cooperation with France and suspended
political visits in retaliation for a French bill making it a criminal
offence to deny the 1915 mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks
was genocide.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, said the vote,
which received cross-party support in France's National Assembly -
its lower house - would open "very grave and irreparable wounds"
in bilateral relations.
Turkey, a NATO member, is a key ally of France, and the pair have
worked closely together on different issues from Syria to Afghanistan.