Turkey pissed at French Armenian genocide bill and Orhan Pamuk nobel prize
Turkey expressed outrage Thursday at a vote in the French National Assembly in favour of a bill that would make it a crime to deny that Turkey committed genocide against the Armenian people more than 90 years ago.
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“This prize was not given because of Pamuk’s books, it was given because of his words, because of his Armenian genocide claims … It was given because he belittled our national values,” he said. “As a Turkish citizen, I am ashamed.”
