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TURKEY-ARMENIA RELATIONS MORE 'IMPORTANT' THAN 'GENOCIDE' LAW
EuroNews
http://www.euronews.net/2012/01/24/turkey-armenia-relations-more-important-than-genocide-law/
Jan 24 2012
France
At a protest outside the French consulate in Istanbul, Turkish people
unhappy at the passing of the French 'genocide bill' vented their
anger. One banner called the Armenian genocide a French imperial lie.
National newspapers condemned the law that will make it illegal to
deny the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks was genocide.
There are around 70,000 ethnic Armenians living in Turkey. Their
reactions have been more muted than those seen on the streets of
Yerevan.
The Armenians living in Turkey have bigger concerns, according to
Ara Kochunyan, a journalist who works for Armenian-language newspaper
Jamanak.
"The importance of France or the importance of this decision doesn't
change a single fact in this matter. The law being passed by the French
Senate doesn't directly affect what is important - the relationship
between Turkey and Armenia. This is a bilateral question between Turks
and Armenians and it should be resolved accordingly," said Kochunyan.
Meanwhile, riot police stood by while the radical right-wing
Felicity Party made a statement outside the French embassy in Ankara,
reiterating a familiar message coming from Turkey - that France has
supplanted historians by deciding what happened to the Armenians
was genocide.
EuroNews
http://www.euronews.net/2012/01/24/turkey-armenia-relations-more-important-than-genocide-law/
Jan 24 2012
France
At a protest outside the French consulate in Istanbul, Turkish people
unhappy at the passing of the French 'genocide bill' vented their
anger. One banner called the Armenian genocide a French imperial lie.
National newspapers condemned the law that will make it illegal to
deny the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks was genocide.
There are around 70,000 ethnic Armenians living in Turkey. Their
reactions have been more muted than those seen on the streets of
Yerevan.
The Armenians living in Turkey have bigger concerns, according to
Ara Kochunyan, a journalist who works for Armenian-language newspaper
Jamanak.
"The importance of France or the importance of this decision doesn't
change a single fact in this matter. The law being passed by the French
Senate doesn't directly affect what is important - the relationship
between Turkey and Armenia. This is a bilateral question between Turks
and Armenians and it should be resolved accordingly," said Kochunyan.
Meanwhile, riot police stood by while the radical right-wing
Felicity Party made a statement outside the French embassy in Ankara,
reiterating a familiar message coming from Turkey - that France has
supplanted historians by deciding what happened to the Armenians
was genocide.