TURKISH MPs THREATEN TO EXPEL 70,000 ARMENIANS FROM TURKEY

Armenpress

PARIS, OCTOBER 5, ARMENPRESS: A group of Turkish parliamentarians
in Paris threatened they would press for expulsion of thousands of
Armenian citizens living and working illegally in Turkey if France
adopted a legislation criminalizing the denial of the Armenian
genocide.

One of the group, Sukru Elekdag from the main opposition Republican
Democratic Party was quoted by Reuters as saying that some
70,000 Armenian citizens work and live in Turkey without proper
permissions. He said they all would be forced out of the country if
France adopted the law.

The French National Assembly is set to discuss the bill in question
on October 12. In May when the bill was presented by the opposition
Socialist party, Turkey recalled its ambassador in Paris.