nebula Posted December 31, 2011 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.76 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Turkey Cuts Ties with France over Armenians Ankara will pull its ambassador from France, cancel all bilateral political, military and economic meetings. By Gil Ronen First Publish: 12/22/2011, 8:28 PM Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Thursday that he would cancel all political, economic and military meetings between representatives of Turkey and France. He also forbade French aircraft from landing in Turkey and said French ships were no longer welcome in Turkey's ports. Turkish television reported earlier that Ankara would call back its ambassador from Paris. The crisis was precipitated by a bill ratified Thursday in the French parliament, according to which denying the 1915 Armenian genocide would be punishable by a jail sentence of up to one year and a 45,000 euro fine. The bill has yet to receive final approval in the senate. <snip> Armenians say up to 1.5 million people were killed by the Ottoman Turks in 1915-16. Turkey claims the number is about 300,000 and that Armenians also killed Turks, in an Armenian uprising against the Ottoman Empire precipitated by a Russian invasion in the course of World War 1. More than 20 countries have formally recognized the killings of the Armenians as genocide. Full report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldShep Posted January 1, 2012 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 934 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 137 Days Won: 6 Joined: 07/20/2011 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/12/1950 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Turkey Cuts Ties with France over Armenians Ankara will pull its ambassador from France, cancel all bilateral political, military and economic meetings. By Gil Ronen First Publish: 12/22/2011, 8:28 PM Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Thursday that he would cancel all political, economic and military meetings between representatives of Turkey and France. He also forbade French aircraft from landing in Turkey and said French ships were no longer welcome in Turkey's ports. Turkish television reported earlier that Ankara would call back its ambassador from Paris. The crisis was precipitated by a bill ratified Thursday in the French parliament, according to which denying the 1915 Armenian genocide would be punishable by a jail sentence of up to one year and a 45,000 euro fine. The bill has yet to receive final approval in the senate. <snip> Armenians say up to 1.5 million people were killed by the Ottoman Turks in 1915-16. Turkey claims the number is about 300,000 and that Armenians also killed Turks, in an Armenian uprising against the Ottoman Empire precipitated by a Russian invasion in the course of World War 1. More than 20 countries have formally recognized the killings of the Armenians as genocide. Full report Yea, it happened....My family were friends with some of the Armenians that moved into our State back in the 1900.. http://www.armenians...om/history.html The world has not learned much over the years, people still trying wipe out people that are different from them. ICL Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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