TURKISH DEFENCE CHIEF WARNS US AGAINST PASING ‘GENOCIDE’ BILL
Radio New Zealand, NZ
Oct 15 2007
Turkey’s military chief has warned that his country’s relationship with
the United States will never be the same again if Congress approves
a bill describing the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as
"genocide".
General Yasar Buyukanit told a newspaper in Turkey that public opinion
would not allow the ties between the NATO allies to continue as normal.
A vote on the Armenian resolution goes to the floor of the House of
Representatives in the United States next month.
Turkey denies that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed during
World War I and the subsequent collapse of the Ottoman Empire.
The United States relies heavily on Turkish bases to supply its war
effort in Iraq.