Hurriyet, Turkey
March 3 2005
TURKEY WARNS GERMANY ABOUT BILL ON SO-CALLED ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
German Ambassador to Ankara Wolf-Ruthart Born was yesterday summoned
to the Turkish Foreign Ministry to convey Ankara’s concerns and
dissatisfaction about a bill on the so-called Armenian genocide
recently submitted to the Federal Parliament by main German
opposition party the Christian Democrat Union (CDU). Deputy Foreign
Ministry Undersecretary Nabi Sensoy also sent a letter to Born
denouncing the bill and expressing Turkey’s sensitivity on the issue.
In addition, Turkey’s Ambassador to Berlin Mehmet Ali Irtemcelik also
sent a letter to the Federal Foreign Ministry, demanding withdrawal
of the bill. /Hurriyet/