Anatolia news agency, Ankara,
13 Oct 06

FRENCH LAW ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE UNACCEPTABLE – TURKISH CYPRIOT HEAD

Istanbul, 12 October: "Adoption of such a draft law (in the French
National Assembly, criminalizing denial of the so-called Armenian
genocide) cannot be accepted and believed," said President Mehmet Ali
Talat of [self-declared] Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC),
who arrived in Istanbul after completing his meetings in Brussels.

Regarding the French draft law, Talat said that a very strange law
was adopted in the French National Assembly, adding that it is not a
believable decision while France is claiming championship in the
so-called freedom of thought.

"France acted by believing that it will make the whole world accept
the so-called Armenian genocide. Moreover, they made this by banning
freedom of expression and thought," he added.

Regarding Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk’s winning Nobel Prize for
literature, Talat said that it is pleasing news. Talat congratulated
the Turkish literature world and Turkey for this success.