TURKEY ANGRILY REACTS TO U.S. PANEL’S VOTE

Earthtimes, UK
Oct 11 2007

ANKARA, Turkey, Oct. 11 Turkey’s president called "unacceptable"
a U.S. congressional panel’s measure condemning as genocide mass
killings of Armenians in Turkey after World War I.

President Abdullah Gul criticized the Wednesday vote by the House
Foreign Relations Committee, saying the decision could work against
the United States, The New York Times reported.

"Unfortunately, some politicians in the United States have once more
dismissed calls for common sense, and made an attempt to sacrifice big
issues for minor domestic political games," Gul said in a statement
to the Anatolian News Agency. "This unacceptable decision of the
committee … has no validity and is not worthy of the respect of
the Turkish people."