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Turkey's new enemy: France
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Published: 22.12.11, 18:18
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1. Oh la la
Maximilian Teusch ,   FL   (12.22.11)
despite the huge nummer of muslims in France, it was a wise decision, bravo. Erdogan must learn, that other people might have different opinions. If the murdering of 1.5 millions Armenians by Turkey is not a genocide, then what was it? It was a crime comitted by a government, assisted by Germany!
2. Rabid foreign policy
Mikey   (12.22.11)
Seems like Turkey's zero problems with its neighbors policy isn't doing so well nowadays. They magically managed to make everyone go against them: Israel, Cyprus, Greece, Syria, Iran, The Islamists in Egypt, France, Kurds, EU (France, Germany, etc), USA and the list goes on.
3. I understand the whole thing about pride, but in a case of
Henry from New York ,   USA   (12.22.11)
so many innocent people killed so long ago, is it really so hard to just admit it? Germany did it, why can't Turkey? It wasn't even Turkey that did it, it was the Ottoman Empire.
4. Turkey angry, my goat is also angry!
Observer 1 ,   Chrangbegbo, Ghana   (12.22.11)
How about that?
5. A Shrewd Move?
Prof G ,   Brooklyn, NY USA   (12.22.11)
Perhaps France, who has been overrun by Muslims may be doing this as a way to start discouraging the Muslims who live there from staying and letting the Muslims planning to further invade France know that they will find a hostile environment.
6. Turkey under fire: no honorable response
Ezra ,   US ISRAEL   (12.22.11)
Turkey dishonors itself by continuing this charade of denial. It would benefit the Turks tremendously if they just manned up and took responsibility. It is terribly u sophisticated and decadent to re-write history. It is also futile. The world knows that ultimately turkey will bow to the truth and take responsiblility...even if it takes another hundred years. It will happen. Why r they putting off the inevitable? There is no honor in it whatsoever.
7. no apology needed
joe rechtman ,   ca usa   (12.22.11)
heretogone not to soon
8. A country of such mediocrity has to have such inflated egos
Yaniv ,   Israel   (12.22.11)
9. Erdy
Jorge ,   Israel/USA/Argentina   (12.22.11)
When are you going to request a formal apology from Frnace and indemnization to the families of Turks that killed the Armentian? You forgot those lines
10. Freedom of Speech?!
(12.22.11)
What a hypocrisy!
11. Turks Also Annihilated Samritans
Avi ,   USA   (12.22.11)
Islamic Turks nearly annihilated all the Samaritans Living in ME. They also caused tremendous population reductions in Jews, Christians and Kurds. By continuing to deny their crimes, Turks will never find closure to reconciile history. Like the invented palestinians they continue to try to rewrite history.
12. ERDO - THE TURKISH MASSACRE OF ARMENIANS WAS GENOCIDE
stude ham   (12.22.11)
and you can read about it in many books of the era. erdo boy - stop lying to the world about turkey's horrific crimes.
13. What about Israel?
Hamasdegh ,   Annandale,USA   (12.22.11)
It might be helpful to the entire civilized world if Israel added its moral and official support by recognizing the Armenian Genocide of 1915. If humanity had acted then, not out of compassion only, but on measuring the tremendous monstrosity of such actions and crimilally sanctioning the perpetrators millions of innocent lives would have been saved later. Where are thou,Israel?
14. the emperor has no clothes!
meyer ,   israel   (12.22.11)
finally the french become courageous, finally!
15. Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code
Vlad   (12.22.11)
It orders a three-year prison term to anyone convicted of "insulting Turkishness". According to the Turkish law books, bringing up the Armenian Genocide is included. There are few things I despise more in the world than such blatant hypocrisy.
16. One more...
Hasan   (12.22.11)
As if it hadn't already enough enemies Turkey has one more now. They are virtually in fight with every one of their neighbours.
17. #15 Article 301 in action again
Borislava ,   Sofia, Bulgaria   (12.22.11)
Erdogan has a strange approach for entry into EU
18. How is the bill racist?
Michael ,   West Jerusalem/NY   (12.22.11)
If anything it is the exact opposite.
19. how is this different from Israel denying ..
yazeed ,   Saudi   (12.22.11)
that it kicked out 300,000 palestinians of their homes during the period during the war of 1948....
20. HE HAS RECTAL CANCER
Zimbi ,   NJUSA   (12.22.11)
21. Wonderful news
Charles ,   Paris, FRANCE   (12.22.11)
Turkey can go to h e ll
22. Proud of this decision
Alexandre ,   Nancy, France   (12.22.11)
Even if I worry about my country's future, I am really proud of this decision. France is and will remain a friend for Armenia.
23. ERDOGAN THE OPPORTUNIST !
Mark ,   T.a.Israel   (12.22.11)
THIS IS A MAN WHO WANTS TO BE ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE NEWSPAPERS EVEN HE KNOWS THAT HE IS LYING . ONLY THE MENTALLY RETARDED PEOPLE BELIEVE TO WHAT HE SAYS !
24. Erdogen - A joke
David ,   NY, USA   (12.22.11)
France has "called Out' Erdogen and his only response was his big ego!!
25. France
sipahi ,   Istanbul   (12.22.11)
France, you have been losing since 150+ years, you are a loser. When will you be winning again? With this mindset, probably never...
26. #19 yazeed
Valter ,   Brazil   (12.22.11)
Firstly, Israel didn't kick people out. But, for the sake of argument, even if it had, the alleged 300,000 people were not killed, a necessary condition for a genocide (the suffix "cide" means the killing of whatever is described in the prefix of the word). I would say there is a difference of life and death!
27. Obama should...
Edwin ,   Canada   (12.23.11)
....demand that France make nice with Turkey.
28. HENRY MORGENTHAU American ambassador
American ,   Los Angeles   (12.23.11)
to turkey 1913-1916http://www.homepage-link.to/turkey/morgenthau.html
29. #19 Yazeed the Saudi Prince
HaifaGuy   (12.23.11)
It is even more different than the difference between what they teach you in Saudi schools and what's really going on in the world... But how can you explain the value of human life to someone who chops shoplifters' hands for breakfast, bludgeons his sister to death for exchanging glances with a stranger -for lunch, and teaches his children that Jews are descendants of pigs and spiders - for dinner. What a waste of time. We're going to wait you out just like we have before. You come and you go. WE - STAY)))) Happy HANUKKA
30. yazeed SAudi
LION OF JUDAH   (12.23.11)
The 300,000 palestinians left Israel at their own,after they been promised by their brothers, they would come back to their houses when they finish to kill all the Jews. What happened to the Jews in Khabar, when they refused to convert to Islam? BEEN KILLED BY THE SWORD. SHAME ON YOU yazeed
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