"France's Awkward Stance in Turkey's EU Bid
France does anything possible to prevent Turkey's EU entry. Sahiner questions the reason behind this awkward stance.
Awkward French Stance between "National Interests" and Global Good on Turkey�s EU Bid
By Davut Sahiner (JTW), 20 December 2004
ANKARA - French did anything possible to bar start negotiations with Turkey. They first used economy and human rights cards, then Cyprus and Armenian issue. Despite there are hot and current issues in the Caucasus the French politicians now �discuss� the events happened about a century ago. They blame modern Turkey for the Ottoman period claiming Turks made a �genocide� against the Armenians. Turks do not accept these allegations, yet it is difficult for them to understand France�s attitude."
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