‘THIS IS GOING TOO FAR, PARIS’

Hurriyet, Turkey
Oct 8 2006

Kenize Mourad, a French writer of Turkish origin who holds dual
French and Turkish citizenship and is a descendent of Sultan Murat
V, has written a manifesto calling on the French National Assembly
to re-address a bill that would make denying the so-called Armenian
Genocide a crime.

Mourad’s article, in which she says, "This initiative on the part of
the French Parliament is intellectual terrorism. They are the same
tactics employed by Stalin and Hitler", continues as follows:

"It really is too much this time! Europe’s insolence and maliciousness
have reached their outer-most limits.

"But Turkey cannot buckle under European imposition any longer, even
if possible (although not certain) membership would be likely to be
beneficial to Turkey.

"An EU representative declared yesterday that Turkey was obliged to
acknowledge the Armenian Genocide as a precondition for membership
of the EU, and while they were at it, to acknowledge Greek Pontus
and Syrian genocides too.

"What many historians (not militant historians of course) tell us is
that, rather than simply acknowledging or not acknowledging Armenian
genocide, what we should do is read a lot, research, gather information
and discuss issues, showing tolerance towards others’ views."