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FRANCE: ARMENIAN VOTE, TURKS URGED TO BOYCOTT FRENCH GOODS
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Dec 23 2011
Italy
(ANSAmed) - ANKARA, DECEMBER 23 - Under the banner "Minister incites
Turks to boycott French goods", Turkish daily Hurriyet reports that
Turkey's EU minister said people would react to France's Armenian
genocide denial bill. "We saw in the past for the case of Italy, those
who emptied wine onto (the streets) and burned coats and ties were
this country's people. There is no need for suggestion, this nation's
people decide on their own," EU Minister Egemen Bagis told reporters
yesterday. Bagis said Turks would react by not consuming French goods
in response to the controversial bill. It was announced last night
that Ankara is recalling its ambassador and freezing political visits
as well as joint military projects, including exercises. Ankara will
also cancel permission for French military planes to land and warships
to dock in Turkey as a result of the bill.
Meanwhile, Turkish Science, Industry and Technology Minister Nihat
Ergun said Turkey would probably not assume an embargo policy against
France nor violate international agreements.
However, France should take into consideration the uneasiness that
would emerge in Turkish society, Ergun said. Bulent Eczacibasi,
president of the board of directors of Eczacibasi Holding, said any
boycott against the French firms in Turkey would harm the Turkish
economy. "It would not be wise to punish those companies working in
Turkey; by doing that we will hurt ourselves. We should be calm and
our steps should be outcome-oriented. We should avoid taking steps
with anger that could be detrimental to ourselves," he said. In
a last warning to France over the Armenian genocide denial bill,
Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek said bilateral ties were under threat of
"irreparable damage" and urged French lawmakers to use "common sense".
The planned bill has united Turkey's ruling and opposition parties
in Parliament, which in a joint declaration denounced it as a "grave,
unacceptable and historic mistake".
ANSAmed
http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/news/nations/france/2011/12/23/visualizza_new.html_17534738.html
Dec 23 2011
Italy
(ANSAmed) - ANKARA, DECEMBER 23 - Under the banner "Minister incites
Turks to boycott French goods", Turkish daily Hurriyet reports that
Turkey's EU minister said people would react to France's Armenian
genocide denial bill. "We saw in the past for the case of Italy, those
who emptied wine onto (the streets) and burned coats and ties were
this country's people. There is no need for suggestion, this nation's
people decide on their own," EU Minister Egemen Bagis told reporters
yesterday. Bagis said Turks would react by not consuming French goods
in response to the controversial bill. It was announced last night
that Ankara is recalling its ambassador and freezing political visits
as well as joint military projects, including exercises. Ankara will
also cancel permission for French military planes to land and warships
to dock in Turkey as a result of the bill.
Meanwhile, Turkish Science, Industry and Technology Minister Nihat
Ergun said Turkey would probably not assume an embargo policy against
France nor violate international agreements.
However, France should take into consideration the uneasiness that
would emerge in Turkish society, Ergun said. Bulent Eczacibasi,
president of the board of directors of Eczacibasi Holding, said any
boycott against the French firms in Turkey would harm the Turkish
economy. "It would not be wise to punish those companies working in
Turkey; by doing that we will hurt ourselves. We should be calm and
our steps should be outcome-oriented. We should avoid taking steps
with anger that could be detrimental to ourselves," he said. In
a last warning to France over the Armenian genocide denial bill,
Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek said bilateral ties were under threat of
"irreparable damage" and urged French lawmakers to use "common sense".
The planned bill has united Turkey's ruling and opposition parties
in Parliament, which in a joint declaration denounced it as a "grave,
unacceptable and historic mistake".