TURKEY HAS EFFECTIVE ROLE
Anadolu Agency (AA)
February 1, 2012 Wednesday
Turkey
Appeal of French denial law step to protect freedom of expression
Turkish Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek said Turkey had effective
roles in several international organizations.
PALEMBANG Speaking to AA correspondent regarding the 7th conference of
the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in
Indonesia, Cicek said that they were pleased that Mahmut Erol Kilic
was re-elected the secretary general of the Union.
Cicek has praised a move by French lawmakers to appeal a law that
makes it a crime to deny Armenian allegations on Ottoman era incidents
of 1915.
"Contesting this law on the merits of its constitutionality is a
positive step taken towards protecting the principle of freedom of
expression," Cemil Cicek said in a press release.
Anadolu Agency (AA)
February 1, 2012 Wednesday
Turkey
Appeal of French denial law step to protect freedom of expression
Turkish Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek said Turkey had effective
roles in several international organizations.
PALEMBANG Speaking to AA correspondent regarding the 7th conference of
the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in
Indonesia, Cicek said that they were pleased that Mahmut Erol Kilic
was re-elected the secretary general of the Union.
Cicek has praised a move by French lawmakers to appeal a law that
makes it a crime to deny Armenian allegations on Ottoman era incidents
of 1915.
"Contesting this law on the merits of its constitutionality is a
positive step taken towards protecting the principle of freedom of
expression," Cemil Cicek said in a press release.