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LAW ON "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE" TARGETS TURKEY, SAYS PM
Trend
Feb 1 2012
Azerbaijan
A French law criminalizing the denial of the so-called "Armenian
genocide" is aimed at Turkey and is a hostile move, according to
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaking on the TRT
Haber TV channel.
Erdogan said Turkey would not remain silent in the face of
Islamophobia, and urged Europe to act against the move.
French senators opposed to the new law have collected the required
number of signatures to submit a demand that it be blocked.
On Jan.23, after eight hours of discussion, the Senate (upper chamber
of the French parliament) voted to adopt the law criminalizing any
denial of the so called "Armenian genocide". The proposed law received
127 votes in favor, with 86 against.
Those found guilty of breaking the law face a year's imprisonment
and a fine of 45,000 euros.
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the forerunner of the Turkish
Ottoman Empire was guilty of the 1915 genocide against Armenians
living in Anadolu. The "Armenian Genocide" has been recognized by
parliaments of several countries.
Trend
Feb 1 2012
Azerbaijan
A French law criminalizing the denial of the so-called "Armenian
genocide" is aimed at Turkey and is a hostile move, according to
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaking on the TRT
Haber TV channel.
Erdogan said Turkey would not remain silent in the face of
Islamophobia, and urged Europe to act against the move.
French senators opposed to the new law have collected the required
number of signatures to submit a demand that it be blocked.
On Jan.23, after eight hours of discussion, the Senate (upper chamber
of the French parliament) voted to adopt the law criminalizing any
denial of the so called "Armenian genocide". The proposed law received
127 votes in favor, with 86 against.
Those found guilty of breaking the law face a year's imprisonment
and a fine of 45,000 euros.
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the forerunner of the Turkish
Ottoman Empire was guilty of the 1915 genocide against Armenians
living in Anadolu. The "Armenian Genocide" has been recognized by
parliaments of several countries.