Turkish rage at ?Yes? from French Senate
from Hurriyet Daily News
French senators debate a bill yesterday to outlaw denial of the Armenian genocide, despite a furious Turkey vowing to punish Paris with ?permanent? sanctions if it is passed into law.
US next in line
from Hurriyet Daily News
It is not hard to tell what is going to happen next; I mean after the Armenian debate…
Turkey warns France over Armenian genocide law
from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Kim Willsher, Sam Jones
French senators have approved the bill, risking more sanctions from Ankara and complicating relations with Turkey
Turkey has warned Nicolas Sarkozy that he will compound “France‘s political, legal and moral mistakes” and face retaliatory action if he signs a law making it a crime to deny that the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago constitutes genocide.
Turkey prefers fistfight to legal battle with France
from Hurriyet Daily News
I cannot recall any other example in the recent past of Turkish foreign relations in which relations…
France faces feud with Turkey as Armenian ‘genocide’ bill OK’d
from Yahoo news
Turkey had threatened diplomatic and economic reprisals against France if the bill, to criminalize the denial of genocide in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Armenians from 1915 to 1917, was definitively adopted.
How will Armenian genocide bill affect France-Turkey relations?
from Yahoo news
Turkey’s fraught relationship with France is set to erode further as the French Senate prepares to vote on controversial legislation that would criminalize any public denial of what the bill calls the Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey in 1915 — a description Turkey has rejected.
Turkey says French Senate vote “irresponsible”
from Yahoo news
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey will take every step needed to counter the decision by the French Senate to vote in favour of a bill making it illegal to deny that the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago was genocide, Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday. The ministry called the vote “irresponsible” and said it would broadcast its response from every .
Armenian genocide denial to be banned in France as senators approve new law
from World news: Turkey | guardian.co.uk by Kim Willsher
Sarkozy expected to ratify bill, already passed by lower house despite diplomatic row it has sparked with Turkey
French senators have approved legislation making it a crime to deny that the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago constitutes genocide.
How will Armenian genocide bill affect France-Turkey relations? – CNN.com
Turkish broadcaster to freeze Euronews ties if ‘genocide’ bill passes
from Hurriyet Daily News
Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT said it will suspend
I may not go to France again if ‘genocide’ bill passes: Erdoğan
from Hurriyet Daily News
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hinted that he may not visit France again if a proposed bill that would criminalize the rejection of Armenian genocide claims passes in the country’s Senate today.
Deputy PM braces busy Davos agenda
from Hurriyet Daily News
Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan will speak at five different working groups and record two separate television programs as part of this year?s World Economic Forum in Davos between Jan. 25 and 28, according to reports.
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