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Friday, October 13, 2006

Scotsman.com News - Latest News - Turkey studying measures against France

"Turkey studying measures against France

By Paul de Bendern

ANKARA (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday Turkey was studying retaliatory measures against France following the approval of a law making it a crime to deny Armenians suffered genocide at the hands of Ottoman Turks.

"Turkey's foreign trade volume with France is $10 billion (5.4 billion pounds) and this is equal to 1.5 percent of France's whole foreign trade volume. We're going to make the proper calculations and then take necessary steps," Erdogan said in a speech."

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