Politically Turkey's reaction to the adoption of the French bill penalizing the Armenian Genocide denial is adequate, Political scientist, rector of the Caucasus Media Institute Alexander Iskandaryan said in an interview with PanARMENIAN.Net. In his opinion, French parliamentarians were guided by public opinion, which is not pro-Armenian but anti-Turkish. "The point is that France is against Turkey's accession to the EU, against enlargement, against the European Constitution and it's not alone in the opinion. Europe will not be able to swallow an Islamic state with 80-million population. Turkey has weak trumps in this game. Experiencing big problems with Article 301 of the Penal Code it speaks of freedom of speech. I think that a chain reaction may take place and some other European states may pass a similar law. But I would like to repeat, the point is not Armenians but Turks," the Armenian political scientist underscored.

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