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TURKISH AGRICULTURE GROUP BOYCOTTS FRENCH PRODUCTS .
Middle East Monitor
http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/news/middle-east/3315-turkish-agriculture-group-boycotts-french-products
Jan 26 2012
Turkey's Union of Agricultural Chambers has announced that its members
will begin a boycott of all French products after Paris approved a law
criminalising denial of the Armenian genocide. Media reports in Turkey
say that the boycott of French agricultural products forms part of
the sanctions the government in Ankara is starting to impose on France.
The head of the Agricultural Union, Samsi Bayraktar, said that his
group represents 5.4 million Turkish farmers; it has decided on the
boycott because the French decision on the Armenian issue disturbed
every Turkish citizen.
"The boycott," said Bayraktar, "will deal a blow to cooperation
between Turkish and French agronomists at both the economic and
social levels." He added that he looks forward to the reaction of
French farmers to the Turkish decision.
According to the Turkish Statistics Institute, in 2011, Turkey's
exports to France reached $6.9 billion, with imports from France
being valued at $8.6 billion.
Middle East Monitor
http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/news/middle-east/3315-turkish-agriculture-group-boycotts-french-products
Jan 26 2012
Turkey's Union of Agricultural Chambers has announced that its members
will begin a boycott of all French products after Paris approved a law
criminalising denial of the Armenian genocide. Media reports in Turkey
say that the boycott of French agricultural products forms part of
the sanctions the government in Ankara is starting to impose on France.
The head of the Agricultural Union, Samsi Bayraktar, said that his
group represents 5.4 million Turkish farmers; it has decided on the
boycott because the French decision on the Armenian issue disturbed
every Turkish citizen.
"The boycott," said Bayraktar, "will deal a blow to cooperation
between Turkish and French agronomists at both the economic and
social levels." He added that he looks forward to the reaction of
French farmers to the Turkish decision.
According to the Turkish Statistics Institute, in 2011, Turkey's
exports to France reached $6.9 billion, with imports from France
being valued at $8.6 billion.