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TURKEY SLAMS 'INJUSTICE' OF FRENCH LAW ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
StarAfrica.com
http://www.starafrica.com/en/news/detail-news/view/french-senate-outlaws-denial-of-armenian-214691.html
Jan 23 2012
Turkey slammed on Monday the French Senate's adoption of a contentious
bill to outlaw denial of the...
Turkey slammed on Monday the French Senate's adoption of a contentious
bill to outlaw denial of the Armenian genocide by Ottoman Turks as
disrespectful and unjust.
"The decision made by the Senate is a great injustice and shows total
lack of respect for Turkey," Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin told the
CNN-Turk television in immediate reaction after the French Senate vote.
Turkey maintains the 1915 killings of Armenians during the Ottoman
Empire did not amount to genocide.
"France opened a black page in its history," said Volkan Bozkir,
the head of the Turkish parliament's foreign affairs committee,
in a Twitter message.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to publicise Ankara's
possible retaliatory measures against Paris during an address to his
fellow deputies in parliament on Tuesday.
French senators on Monday approved the bill that criminalises any
denial of the Armenian genocide, despite vows from a furious Turkey
that it would punish Paris with "permanent" sanctions.
Ankara froze political and military ties with France and had promised
further measures if the bill was passed by the Senate.
The bill must now be signed by President Nicolas Sarkozy -- whose
right-wing UMP party put forward the measure -- for it to become law.
StarAfrica.com
http://www.starafrica.com/en/news/detail-news/view/french-senate-outlaws-denial-of-armenian-214691.html
Jan 23 2012
Turkey slammed on Monday the French Senate's adoption of a contentious
bill to outlaw denial of the...
Turkey slammed on Monday the French Senate's adoption of a contentious
bill to outlaw denial of the Armenian genocide by Ottoman Turks as
disrespectful and unjust.
"The decision made by the Senate is a great injustice and shows total
lack of respect for Turkey," Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin told the
CNN-Turk television in immediate reaction after the French Senate vote.
Turkey maintains the 1915 killings of Armenians during the Ottoman
Empire did not amount to genocide.
"France opened a black page in its history," said Volkan Bozkir,
the head of the Turkish parliament's foreign affairs committee,
in a Twitter message.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is expected to publicise Ankara's
possible retaliatory measures against Paris during an address to his
fellow deputies in parliament on Tuesday.
French senators on Monday approved the bill that criminalises any
denial of the Armenian genocide, despite vows from a furious Turkey
that it would punish Paris with "permanent" sanctions.
Ankara froze political and military ties with France and had promised
further measures if the bill was passed by the Senate.
The bill must now be signed by President Nicolas Sarkozy -- whose
right-wing UMP party put forward the measure -- for it to become law.