Turkey reacts harsly to Francois Hollande, French Presidential Candidate

Turkey has harshly reacted to French Socialist presidential candidate Francois Hollande who promised Armenian diaspora to bring a draft about the incidents of 1915 back to the agenda of the Senate.

Turkish Ambassador in Paris Tahsin Burcuoglu sent a letter to Hollande and expressed Turkey’s harsh reaction.

In his letter, Burcuoglu said that the enactment of the draft, which envisaged to consider denial of 1915 incidents as a crime, would badly affect Turkey-France relations.

Burcuoglu said that the draft had already caused a serious uneasiness in Turkish public opinion. If enacted, it will cause a serious damage in the bilateral relations, he said.

The Turkish diplomat referred to view of French intellectuals and of a French parliamentary inquiry commission that history was written by historians, not by politicians.

Lately, Hollande met representatives from Armenian associations in Alfortville, 7.5 km from the center of Paris. He promised to bring the draft back to the agenda of the Senate.

Earlier, French Senate rejected to debate the draft.

03.10.2011
SOURCE: CUMHURIYET.COM.TR