Adoption of Armenian Genocide Bill Will Change Many Things for France

October 13, 2006 - 18:14 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - "A wrong step taken on October 12th will change many things for France and not for Turkey," said Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan when commenting on the French bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide.



"Initiative of France to turn a historical lie into a law is a big challenge against EU`s fundamental values. The most valuable asset of Copenhagen criteria is freedom of thought and expression. So when a scientist says "this thing is against scientific and historical realities" and this will be considered as a crime; then where is the freedom of expression? Moreover, how can France be part of a problem between Turkey and Armenia?" Erdogan asked. He said that international politics cannot be made by avoiding scientific and historical documents and remarked that France should look at what happened in Algeria between November 1st, 1954 and March 19th, 1962, reports Turkishpress.
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