#Chain 54 - Turkey Calls French Armenia Genocide Bill 'Racist'
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Turkey has denounced as “racist" and "discriminatory” a new French measure making it a
criminal offense to deny that a genocide of Armenians by Ottoman Turks occurred.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the comments in a speech to his party members in
parliament on January 24.
"Those who remain silent and indifferent to these racist, discriminatory developments are guilty
of not hearing the footsteps of fascism in Europe," Erdogan said.
The Armenian leadership has described the French move as "historic." France, meanwhile, has
called for “calm."
In his address, Erdogan said the bill was "null and void" for Turkey, and threatened that Ankara
would implement unspecified new retaliatory measures against fellow NATO member France if
the legislation is signed into a law.
"Right now, we are still in a period of patience and we are watching how the developments unfold.
We will take the necessary stance according to the developments and unveil our action plan,"
Erdogan said.
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