October 20, 2006 - 16:30 AMT
Turkey Compiled "Shame List" of Massacres Committed by European Countries in Past
The Turkish parliament took a new step in condemnation of the French parliament's adoption of the bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide. It compiled a "shame list" of massacres committed by European countries including France, Germany and the Netherlands. The necessary study for the list was conducted by the parliament's justice sub-committee as part of its debates over a bill that would recognize the Algerian genocide committed by France. The commission is researching the massacres and tyrannies that countries that recognize the Armenian Genocide have committed in the past. The members of the commission decided that 'announcing the European list to the world would be more efficient than recognition of an Algerian genocide,' reports zaman.com.