Turkey Suspends Political, Military Ties with France
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a raft of political and military sanctions on Thursday after French lawmakers approved a bill making it a crime to deny Armenian genocide.
Turkey will recall its ambassador from Paris and suspend mutual political visits as well as joint military projects, including joint exercises, Erdogan said.
"From now on we are revising our relations with France."
Most of the sanctions imposed on France, a NATO ally, will be in the military sphere.
Turkey will now decide on a case-by-case on every military demand made by EU member France to use Turkish airspace and military bases, Erdogan said, and will from now on reject any French demand for its military vessels to dock at Turkish ports.
Erdogan said Turkey would boycott a joint economic committee meeting in Paris in January and would not take part in twinning projects with France.
22 December 2011, 18:21
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not a smart move now from the frenchies,do like the froggies and the yankees...just blablabla about human rights and keep out of the arena.. vous perdez avec les turcs beaucoup plus que vous gagnez avec les armeniens...
22 December 2011, 18:47
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Arrogant Erdogan you will have to deal with the rest of Europe this way!
Yes,it is a crime to deny the Armenian Genocide & one day your people have to acknowledge if they want to belong to the human community .
22 December 2011, 19:22
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i wonder what are the repercussions in lebanon, i am afraid that the price of basterma will go down or the baklava will go up??????? but today we have shish barak at lunch,should i boycot.?
22 December 2011, 20:44
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turkey and the ottoman empire should apologize not for the massacre of the armenians but of their ruthless rule all over the middle east. Turkey if you want to lead, then you need to be humble, honest, and apologetic.
22 December 2011, 21:22
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It should never be a crime anywhere for anyone to express an opinion. Anyone should be allowed to claim, confirm, support, or deny any historical fact, event, allegation or myth. It is very shameful that France would restrict freedom of thought and expression in this way. Isn't this even against their constitution? Anyone should be allowed to deny any historical fact, even if it's a confirmed undeniable fact.
22 December 2011, 21:34
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teta: go buy a book and read some history, you badly need it:)
22 December 2011, 21:38
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turkey thinks the rest of the world will die if they don't collaborate with them lol how silly
anyway why aren't they in the euro union until this day loooool HAHAHHAHAHHAAHA
22 December 2011, 21:50
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I was under the impression that a fact is, well..... a fact, and can't be denied.
23 December 2011, 01:09
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to ramezg ,yea anyone can accept or deny if there's no proof for that fact ,go read some history and try to understand y the armenians are spread all over the world ,there should have been a reason for that ,do not just sit and throw what u see or read on a single page.And go read what Hitler wrote about his genocide and about armenians so then u might understand ,stand up and read it what he wrote and do not sit maybe makes difference.
23 December 2011, 05:20
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Well, well, well. Long live France. It is despicable for anyone to deny the Armenian genocide. Furthermore, to allow the commentators above who deny the true facts regarding the Armenian issue and continue the nonsense would be "an insult to stupidity".
OK, so the insult now is about our food. Your derogatory comments are "insult to intelligence". You tried to wipe the Armenians off the map, but today, we are stronger then ever in every corner of this planet.
This is not about American foreign policy. This is about global righteous consensus. Americans live in the "Twilight Zone" when it comes to their own national interest.
We will never forget and teach our children and the children of world to bring justice. The day will come as David beat Goliath. You are greater in number, but the systematic dedication of the minority always wins.
Shame on you.
23 December 2011, 05:56
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ydafylsa.
The genocide committed by the Turks against the Armenians is not a confirmed undeniable fact. Only in the "Twilight Zone" that you call Turkey. Your agreement and intended insult with ramezg above is outweighed by your pathetic attempt.
23 December 2011, 09:51
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Erdogan has only been able to suspend military cooperation with France. At the moment Turkey has to consider the 12 billion Euro business France brings to Turkey. Erdogan's options are limited and he knows that. France pulling the plug on its businesses in Turkey would harm Turkey. The bottom line is this, Turkey is going to have to bite the bullet.
Unfortunately, to this day, most of the comments on Naharnet have been racist, ignorant and uniformed. A good example is that of Mustapha Ghalyani's comment. He represents the common ignorance and racism of many in Lebanon. Lebanon has a long ways to go with regards to racial equality.
23 December 2011, 10:17
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Mr. Erdogan can deny the existence of the sun, but that won’t stop it from rising & shining !!
PS : teta who is fond of sniffing can go to dahye where sniffing is easily available .
