"Turkey's EU plans threatened by genocide dispute with the French
By David Rennie, Europe Correspondent
Turkey's painful progress towards European Union membership has been plunged into crisis by a dispute with the French over the massacre of Armenians during and after the 1914-18 war.
A Socialist-backed proposal, which could pass the National Assembly on Thursday, would make it illegal in France to deny that the killings amounted to genocide by Turkey.
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The legislation, which has gained support from Right-wing assembly members, would see anyone denying that a genocide took place jailed for up to five years."
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