Thursday, January 26, 2012

Turks Lash Out at France Over Genocide Bill - NYTimes.com

French Bill on Genocide Is Denounced by Turkey
By SEBNEM ARSU and SCOTT SAYARE

PARIS — The Turkish government and news media castigated France on Tuesday, accusing Parliament of racism and a breach of France’s own free speech principles after the French Senate passed a bill late Monday criminalizing the denial of officially recognized genocides, including the Armenian genocide begun in 1915.

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