‘Turkey’ Archives
French Senators appeal to Constitutional Council opposing genocide bill
Constitutional Council of France accepted on Tuesday Senators’ appeal against the bill criminalizing genocide denial, European Democratic and Social Rally parliamentary group informed AFP. Seventy-two signatures have been collected so far, although only 60 were enough, Le Figaro [...]
French Senate adopts genocide bill
The French Senate adopted bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial after long debates on Monday. President of France will ratify the law in 15 days after receiving the finally adopted law from the government. He can ask the parliament to review the full law or certain articles. The review [...]
Turkey angered by French bill to criminalize Armenian genocide denial
Nearly 100 years have elapsed since the killing of thousands of Armenians, but the wounds seem far from healed. The French parliament is to vote on a bill on Thursday making it illegal to deny that the 1915 killing of Armenians during World War I was genocide. The bill, which is expected to [...]
French parliament passes bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial
France’s National Assembly passed on Thursday the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial. The bill introduced by MP Valerie Boyer supposes a year in jail or 45,000 euro punishment for those who will challenge or extremely minimize the fact of the 1915 Armenian Genocide officially [...]
Wearing Emporio Armani considered Armenian propaganda in Turkey, and is punishable by law
ISTANBUL. – Turkish press widely covered Taraf daily’s columnist Roni Margulies’ funny story about three unlucky Turks, who were found guilty of wearing Emporio Armani t-shirts and thus carrying out Armenian propaganda. In his article, Margulies presents the three Turks’ [...]
Turkish Premier’s visit to Moscow not to be conditioned by historical implications
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Moscow should not be conditioned by historical implications, Deputy Director of Strategic Culture Foundation Andrei Areshev told. “The Turkish may have placed historical emphasis on this date, unlike the Russia side,” he commented on some [...]
Kars Mayor contributes to destruction of Armenian houses
Old Armenian houses are being destroyed in Turkey due to inaction of the local authorities. New Kars Mayor blocked the programs on protection of the Armenian historical buildings initiated by his predecessor Naif Alibeyoglu. Homeless are gathering in the old Armenian houses near Kars fortress, [...]
Russia and Turkey agreed on Karabakh?
It is Moscow’s desire to show who the main player in the region is that accounts for RF State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov’s statement on a possible solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the near future, Heritage parliamentary faction Secretary Larisa Alaverdyan told NEWS.am. The reason [...]
Turkey’s joining the EU within next 25-30 years highly unlikely
On May 18, Paris hosted a conference, entitled Turkey: Still Headed for the West? French journalist, geopolitics expert, Bernard Guetta stated at the conference, “It is now highly unlikely that Turkey can join the EU. At least, not until 25-30 years. In the crosshairs “Islamist violence that [...]
Rep. Schiff launches Armenian genocide Congressional Record Campaign
Vergine Djihanian saw her father and uncle beaten and axed to death by Turkish officers when she was 9. Rather than risk a similar fate, the Armenian girl's mother and aunt took their children to the nearby banks of the Euphrates River, said their prayers and threw themselves into the raging [...]
