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[humanist]

this bill is definetely wrong...it punishes freedom of expression...

a country to this very day that expelled the naitive population in 74, from their ancestral lands while endorsing colonization to claim the french bill is unjust, is ludicrous...

fucking morons...

on the upside I would like turkey to severely punish france... ...with one single move the turks tied moons hands at the UN...now russia, china and france will veto anything moon had in mind...well done...

Couldn't have said it better myself.

More ridiculous is the fact that these peasants are rallying against the Country they have adopted for a better life. If Turkey is so much better why don't they move back lol

[bill cobbett]

Early reaction from a Genocide Denier, the Turkish Ambassador to France, who says that there will be a likely downgrading of diplomatic relations to the lowest level possible.

Reuters reports him as saying...

The Turkish ambassador in Paris, Tahsin Burcuoglu, said the vote would lead to a "total rupture" of relations between the two countries. Ankara could seek to downgrade its diplomatic presence in Paris.

"When I say total rupture I include things like I can leave definitively," he told reporters.

"You can also expect that now diplomatic relations will be at the level of charges d'affaires not ambassadors anymore."

Charge d'affaires is the lowest rank of diplomatic representative recognized under the Vienna convention on diplomatic relations.

[boomerang]

Bill who is gonna maintain the turks living in france?...use them and screw them mentality perhaps?...

somehow i don't think the french are gonna lose any sleep over this...

at the back of my mind the french don't really care much for cyprus as much as getting rid of the turks from the eu...

it also seems funny the english and the americans said nothing about this...maybe they are behind the french in teaching the turks a lesson...

good cop bad cop scenario...

all this at a time during greentree...the timing couldn't have been be any better...ban now will have to concentrate in uniting his own country...i just wonder though if he will be pushing his weight around as much as he does in cyprus...maybe he can send downer the clown to sort those pesky north koreans out..

[B25]

Early reaction from a Genocide Denier, the Turkish Ambassador to France, who says that there will be a likely downgrading of diplomatic relations to the lowest level possible.

Reuters reports him as saying...

The Turkish ambassador in Paris, Tahsin Burcuoglu, said the vote would lead to a "total rupture" of relations between the two countries. Ankara could seek to downgrade its diplomatic presence in Paris.

"When I say total rupture I include things like I can leave definitively," he told reporters.

"You can also expect that now diplomatic relations will be at the level of charges d'affaires not ambassadors anymore."

Charge d'affaires is the lowest rank of diplomatic representative recognized under the Vienna convention on diplomatic relations.

Wow, the French mut be shaking in their boots. I'll tell you what, how about we cancel the Customss Union with Turkey and see how they feel about that.

I'm surprised that have not asked for an apology from Sarkozy tbh.

[Hermes]

Well done to the French! An important principle has been established. Let us be clear: the only reason this law is necessary is because Turks refuse to admit that these crimes actually took place on the scale they did.

We all know the reason Turkey is in a dilemma over admitting to events that took place nearly a century ago.. It's because Turkish crimes against humanity are continuing today with the treatment of the Kurds and with the occupation and desecration of northern Cyprus.

Instead of the disgusting spectacle of false Turkish outrage, it's time for Turkey to accept responsibility for ALL its crimes against humanity and show genuine repentance.

[Paphitis]

Israel next in line?

A moral Israel must recognize the Armenian genocide

Or Germany...
http://times.am/?l=en&p=3943

It might even be Australia after the next election since the future vice PM and treasurer is Armenian!

[boomerang]

the turks say let historians find the truth...
1...why is it everyone knows what happened to the armenians and the turks are so ignorant for events that happened in their own country?
2...why doesn't turkey use her own historians to dispel the so called lies?...

because they are fucking guilty as sin, thats why...

in anycase seeing their actions in cyprus in 74, does anyone really believe the turks version of any history?...

[Hermes]

Just to make things interesting...

Cyprus and France sign programme of military cooperation for 2012

[Kikapu]

Erdogan, if he isn't demanding an apology from others for one thing or the other, which he does not get btw, he is also claiming "null and void" on anything Turkey does not want to accept, such as EEZ demarcation lines between Israel - RoC, the Palmer report on Mavi Marmara killings and now, on the French approval of the denial of the Armenian Genocide. The question is, does it really matter whether Erdogan claims "null & void" when he can't do anything about it. It might make him feel good by making these claims, but where does it lead him to really, other than being seen by others that he is just as helpless as a toothless tiger.

I wonder what he thinks of "Miserable Europe" now?

Just one more thing. I was wondering why Erdogan and Davutoglu are so upset about the French passing this bill. Is it because perhaps these two have intentions in changing Turkey's name with the UN to "Ottoman Türkiye" and that they do not want this name to have any negative association with Armenian Genocide? It's no secret that they want to bring back the "glory days" of the Ottoman Empire again if all possible, even if it's only a wet dream, but I think they want to keep the name "Ottoman" as sacred and pure as possible. Oops, too late!

[Hermes]

Nice response from a Brussels-based Armenian lobby group:

The hysteria in Turkey over the French bill prohibiting the denial of the Armenian Genocide could hardly be more self-damaging or more revealing, Secretary General of the Brussels-based European Friends of Armenia (EuFoA) NGO said.

“Readers of the official Turkish official statement of January 24 will be struck by a tone unworthy of a strong and mature nation and rather be reminded of speeches of some of those Arabic leaders, who have recently been ousted by their people,” Dr Michael Kambeck said.

More here: http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/89736/?