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Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Turk academic returns French medal over genocide law | Reuters.com

"Turk academic returns French medal over genocide law
Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:29 PM IST184

ANKARA, Oct 16 (Reuters) - The man in charge of Turkish higher education on Monday returned to France a prestigious medal in protest over a French bill making it a crime to deny Armenian genocide by Ottoman Turks during World War One.

The gesture by Erdogan Tezic, chairman of the strictly secular body that oversees Turkish universities, marks the latest Turkish protest at the French lower house of parliament's vote in favour of the bill on Thursday."

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