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    FRANCE OPPOSES OPENING TURKISH CONSULATES

    Today's Zaman
    Feb 24 2012
    Turkey

    France has opposed the opening of Turkish consulates in the French
    cities of Bordeaux and Nantes as Turkey has suspended political and
    military ties with France in the face of the approval of a bill by
    the French Parliament penalizing the denial of the "Armenian genocide."

    Republican People's Party (CHP) İstanbul Deputy Osman Koruturk
    submitted a motion concerning the establishment of Turkish consulates
    in Bordeaux and Nantes to the Parliamentary Speaker's Office to be
    answered by Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday.

    Koruturk recalled that in addition to Turkish consulates in Paris,
    Lyon, Marseille and Strasbourg, Turkey decided to open two consulates
    in Nantes and Bordeaux cities to facilitate transactions for Turkish
    citizens, and the talks between Turkish and French officials were
    almost completed.

    "Is it true that Turkey officially applied to France for the
    establishment of the consulates in Bordeaux and Nantes before the
    French Constitutional Council announces its decision on the denial
    bill, and it has been rejected by the French government?" Koruturk
    asked "Why has the government applied to France for the establishment
    of consulates that means improvement of bilateral relations after
    announcing that Turkey will impose political sanctions on France?"

    Underlining that this stance contradicts statements coming from the
    government, Koruturk claimed that this situation proves that the
    government's sanctions on France are just claptrap.

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