MEMBERS OF M.H.P. PROTEST FRANCE IN ANKARA

Turkish Press
Oct 25 2006

ANKARA – A group of members of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)
held a demonstration outside the French Embassy in Ankara on Thursday
to protest adoption of the bill criminalizing denial of so-called
Armenian genocide.

They chanted slogans and unfurled banners calling on everyone to
boycott French-made products.

Speaking on behalf of the group, Omer Demirel, provincial chairman
of the MHP in Ankara, said, "there is justice not genocide in the
Turkish tradition of state. But, the European history is full of
genocides and massacres. France ignores assassination of Turkish
diplomats by the Armenian terrorist organization ASALA. France,
with its bloody hands, cannot denigrate Turkish nation."

"Likely enactment of the bill will constitute an encouraging model
for the other European countries and the United States. Furthermore,
Armenia could demand compensation and land from Turkey. Therefore,
the government should display a national stance. All French firms
should be banned from attending tenders in Turkey," he said.

Later, the group laid a black wreath in front of the embassy building.