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TURKEY CONDEMNES FRANCE OVER APPROVED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL
National Turk
http://www.nationalturk.com/en/turkey-condemnes-france-over-approved-armenian-genocide-bill-16045
Jan 24 2012
Turkey strongly condemnes and threatens France with retaliation,
after French Senate approved the bill making it a crime denying mass
killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks was genocide.
Ankara / NationalTurk - Relations between France and Turkey, the
two NATO allies are at a low and Ankara's ambassador in Paris states
he's ready to return to Turkey, after France shamelessly uses poor
Armenian conscience as a cat's paw for the upcoming France elections.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused French
President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is seeking re-election later this year,
of using the law to pander to France's estimated 400,000 voters of
Armenian origin.
France genocide attrocity : Politics have won over law France Senate's
upper house approved a bill late on Monday evening, criminalizing
the denial of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War I was
genocide. The approval of the Genocide bill will be finalized as a
law after French President Sarkozyan signs it.
The dire event is condemned by Turkey whereas it found praise in
Armenia. Armenian people who live in Armenia are not represented by
themselves. The lobbyist Armenian diaspora all over the world decides
for them.
The French Senate passed the bill - which allows for a potential
one-year prison sentence and a fine of up to 45,000 euros ($57,000)
for those who deny that genocide occurred in 1915 - by a vote of 127
to 86. Of the 217 members of the senate 213 used legit votes. 107 was
the number required for the passing of the law. The Armenian genocide
bill, passed last month by France's lower house, the National Assembly,
must now be signed by French President Nicolas Sarkozyan before it
can become law, which contradicts with the 34th ammendment of French
constitution. The 34th bylaw of French Constitution is about freedom
of speech and expression.
Sarkozy's Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has admitted the bill is
"untimely." while even French Senate's committee chairman, Jean-Pierre
Sueur, criticized the bill as unconstitutional, saying that it
could be rejected by France's constitutional court. Sueur said it
specifically runs counter to constitutional provisions guaranteeing
freedom of speech and academic research. He shoved his protests by
asking the French MP's supporting the genocide bill " Who do you
serve?", hinting at the tastleless motives behind the attempt to
alter history for political gains.
Armenia hailed the French Senate vote as a day "written in gold,"
while Turkey lamented "a black day in France's history."
'Permanent' consequences in France Turkey Relations after Armenian
Genocide Bill France's NATO ally Turkey, however, has threatened
to raise the level of severe diplomatic fallouts if the genocide
bill is rubber-stamped by Sarkozyan to be finalized as law before
French parliament takes a break at the end of February ahead of the
presidential election.
Ankara has already temporarily suspended relations with Paris as
Ankara government has frozen political and military ties with Paris.
French President Sarkozyan whose party French UMP (the mainstream
right-wing party in France) supported the bill, needs to sign it into
law, but that is largely considered a formality.
French genocide bill puts Nazis and Turks at same level The bill will
mean that France will officially recognize two genocides - that of
the Jews at the hands of the Nazis during the Second World War and
the killings in eastern Turkey between 1915 and 1917.
Turkey : Reactions to France Armenian Genocide Law Approval Turkey
has threatened retaliatory measures against France following a French
senate vote approving a bill that would outlaw denial that the mass
killings of Armenians in 1915 constituted genocide.
In a written statement following Monday's vote, Turkey's foreign
ministry declared: "We strongly condemn this decision which is... an
example of irresponsibility."
"Politicising the understanding of justice and history through other
people's past and damaging freedom of expression in a tactless manner
are first and foremost a loss for France."
Sadullah Ergin, Turkey's justice minister, added the bill, approved
by 127 votes to 86 in the French upper house, was "a great injustice"
that showed "a total lack of respect" for Turkey.
"Turkey will never accept such a law, and now everybody will pay
a price, including Turkey, France, and the Armenian communities,"
he warned.
"You can expect diplomatic relations will be at the level of charge
d'affaires, not ambassador anymore." "Turkey is committed to taking
all necessary measures against this unjust disposition, which reduces
basic human rights to nothing," Turkey's Foreign Ministry announced
in a statement.
The Turkish embassy in Paris said France was "in the process of losing
a strategic partner." "If the law is adopted by the government, the
consequences will be permanent," an Turkish embassy spokesman stated.
From: Baghdasarian
National Turk
http://www.nationalturk.com/en/turkey-condemnes-france-over-approved-armenian-genocide-bill-16045
Jan 24 2012
Turkey strongly condemnes and threatens France with retaliation,
after French Senate approved the bill making it a crime denying mass
killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks was genocide.
Ankara / NationalTurk - Relations between France and Turkey, the
two NATO allies are at a low and Ankara's ambassador in Paris states
he's ready to return to Turkey, after France shamelessly uses poor
Armenian conscience as a cat's paw for the upcoming France elections.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused French
President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is seeking re-election later this year,
of using the law to pander to France's estimated 400,000 voters of
Armenian origin.
France genocide attrocity : Politics have won over law France Senate's
upper house approved a bill late on Monday evening, criminalizing
the denial of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War I was
genocide. The approval of the Genocide bill will be finalized as a
law after French President Sarkozyan signs it.
The dire event is condemned by Turkey whereas it found praise in
Armenia. Armenian people who live in Armenia are not represented by
themselves. The lobbyist Armenian diaspora all over the world decides
for them.
The French Senate passed the bill - which allows for a potential
one-year prison sentence and a fine of up to 45,000 euros ($57,000)
for those who deny that genocide occurred in 1915 - by a vote of 127
to 86. Of the 217 members of the senate 213 used legit votes. 107 was
the number required for the passing of the law. The Armenian genocide
bill, passed last month by France's lower house, the National Assembly,
must now be signed by French President Nicolas Sarkozyan before it
can become law, which contradicts with the 34th ammendment of French
constitution. The 34th bylaw of French Constitution is about freedom
of speech and expression.
Sarkozy's Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has admitted the bill is
"untimely." while even French Senate's committee chairman, Jean-Pierre
Sueur, criticized the bill as unconstitutional, saying that it
could be rejected by France's constitutional court. Sueur said it
specifically runs counter to constitutional provisions guaranteeing
freedom of speech and academic research. He shoved his protests by
asking the French MP's supporting the genocide bill " Who do you
serve?", hinting at the tastleless motives behind the attempt to
alter history for political gains.
Armenia hailed the French Senate vote as a day "written in gold,"
while Turkey lamented "a black day in France's history."
'Permanent' consequences in France Turkey Relations after Armenian
Genocide Bill France's NATO ally Turkey, however, has threatened
to raise the level of severe diplomatic fallouts if the genocide
bill is rubber-stamped by Sarkozyan to be finalized as law before
French parliament takes a break at the end of February ahead of the
presidential election.
Ankara has already temporarily suspended relations with Paris as
Ankara government has frozen political and military ties with Paris.
French President Sarkozyan whose party French UMP (the mainstream
right-wing party in France) supported the bill, needs to sign it into
law, but that is largely considered a formality.
French genocide bill puts Nazis and Turks at same level The bill will
mean that France will officially recognize two genocides - that of
the Jews at the hands of the Nazis during the Second World War and
the killings in eastern Turkey between 1915 and 1917.
Turkey : Reactions to France Armenian Genocide Law Approval Turkey
has threatened retaliatory measures against France following a French
senate vote approving a bill that would outlaw denial that the mass
killings of Armenians in 1915 constituted genocide.
In a written statement following Monday's vote, Turkey's foreign
ministry declared: "We strongly condemn this decision which is... an
example of irresponsibility."
"Politicising the understanding of justice and history through other
people's past and damaging freedom of expression in a tactless manner
are first and foremost a loss for France."
Sadullah Ergin, Turkey's justice minister, added the bill, approved
by 127 votes to 86 in the French upper house, was "a great injustice"
that showed "a total lack of respect" for Turkey.
"Turkey will never accept such a law, and now everybody will pay
a price, including Turkey, France, and the Armenian communities,"
he warned.
"You can expect diplomatic relations will be at the level of charge
d'affaires, not ambassador anymore." "Turkey is committed to taking
all necessary measures against this unjust disposition, which reduces
basic human rights to nothing," Turkey's Foreign Ministry announced
in a statement.
The Turkish embassy in Paris said France was "in the process of losing
a strategic partner." "If the law is adopted by the government, the
consequences will be permanent," an Turkish embassy spokesman stated.
From: Baghdasarian