"Turks fuming over genocide claim
Rick Wallace, Victorian political reporter
May 17, 2006
A LABOR MP of Greek descent who raised genocide allegations in the Victorian parliament has sparked an international row with the Turkish Government.
Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned backbencher Jenny Mikakos against accusing Turkey of committing a 'holocaust' comparable to Adolf Hitler's.
'This claim is just the distortion of historical facts,' it said in a statement issued to The Australian yesterday that is likely to infuriate the Greek Government and Greeks throughout the world."
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