TURKISH INTERIOR MINISTRY ACCEPTS FRENCH HISTORIAN DEMAND TO ACQUIRE CITIZENSHIP
Anatolia News Agency, Turkey
Dec 27 2006
["Interior Ministry Accepts Demand Of French Historian To Acquire
Turkish Citizenship" – AA Headline]
ANKARA (A.A) -27.12.2006 -Turkish Interior Ministry accepted the demand
of French historian Jean Michel Thibaux who applied to acquire Turkish
citizenship in protest of a recent French bill that criminalizes any
denial of so-called Armenian genocide.
Officials of Interior Ministry told A.A that the Ministry accepted
the application of Thibaux and then presented it to the Council
of Ministers.
After the Council of Ministers approves the application, Thibaux will
become Turkish citizen and use the name and surname "Atakan Turk".