"French denial?
Cem Oguz
ccem@bilkent.edu.tr
27 April 2006
A short while ago it was reported that France's Armenian lobby, with the help of the Socialist Party, was stepping up efforts to pass a law that would punish genocide deniers with time in prison. I previously thought about touching on this highly controversial move by our French friends and question their stance on the Armenian allegations, but then I simply gave up. Turkey and Turkey-related issues, its bid for European Union membership in particular, have become so intertwined with French domestic politics that I thought commenting on the subject would only be writing on water. "
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