France declares April 24 "Day of Remembrance for Armenian Genocide'

[oprih]

Good news, it's always great to see turkey being humiliated and exposed.

 

[Arsalan 345]

can we please forget so called armenian genocide? history is full of so many types of genocides.why so much hate against turkey? turkey is still strong,very powerful country.arabs can do kashoggi and turkey can only forgive them like a big brother.arabs should look at themselves.arabs should cease friendship with enemies.turkey is even ready to protect arab but backstabbing is bad.arabs should not consider turkey as their enemy.

 

[Nein]

Good news, it's always great to see turkey being humiliated and exposed.

Do we really care what a chinese has to say with their 2 cents opinions.

Armenian genocide recognition is nothing more than political.

 

[Jamaal Yelmaaz]

Most of Turkish members in PDF often makes big mistakes by confusing Arab people with traitor regimes of Arab....

We all know well overwhelming majority of Arab comunity have high good will toward Turkey.

This is the main reason backstabing Dictators of Arabs barging Turkey. Because they fear the independent stance of Turkey againist West and Sionists would seduce their people againist their power.

So dont target whole Arab world when you criticizing crap regimes of Arab...

 

[lonelyman]

French President Emmanuel Macron has declared April 24 as "a national day of remembrance of the Armenian genocide."

Macron, in keeping with a 2017 campaign promise, told an annual dinner of the Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations in France that France was among the first nations to denounce "the murderous hunt of the Armenian people in the Ottoman Empire."


France officially recognised the Armenian Genocide in 2001 and a law in 2016 made it illegal to deny that status.

Turkey accepts that many Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire were killed in clashes with Ottoman forces during World War One, but contests the figures and denies the killings were systematically orchestrated and constitute a genocide.

The Council of Europe and European parliament have both recognised the massacres as genocide, as has Pope Francis. However some other countries, including the UK, have said the evidence is not strong enough.

Macron said he informed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the decision in advance, adding that he wanted to keep an open dialogue with Turkey.

"We have disagreements over the fight against the Islamic State, human rights and civil liberties in Turkey and on the genocide," Macron said.

"We also have points of agreement such as the necessity for a political transition in Syria. As such, dialogue with Turkey is indispensable," Macron said.


Euronews

A great move by France, UN should pass resolution and the whole world should follow

 

[OldenWisdom...قول بزرگ]

Ottoman empire seized to exist a century ago and A country announces a day to spite another! At the behest of another that just got freedom post Soviet collapse. How many things are wrong with this picture?
Does France equate Turkey with Ottomans?
Weren't French part of breaking Ottoman Empire?
Does France know something others do not about Armenians?
Why rekindle the flame on the eve of treaty of Lausanne?
What benefit if any will be reaped by Armenians?

 

[Safriz]

What I don't understand is that nobody blames Germany today for their atrocities of WW2. Its all blamed on nazi party who were all Germans.
Likewise the Armenians were kllled during the Ottoman empire era which does not exist any longer So why blame that on Turkey ?

 

[Nein]

What I don't understand is that nobody blames Germany today for their atrocities of WW2. Its all blamed on nazi party who were all Germans.
Likewise the Armenians were kllled during the Ottoman empire era which does not exist any longer So why blame that on Turkey ?

Time to revive a meme for this one.

 

[TaiShang]

Turkey will likely withdraw their ambassador with great fanfare, and then, sent the ambassador back silently, after the public sentiment is back to normal, like they did in Brazil, Bulgaria, Austria, Russia, Germany, Holland...

Usually, public sentiment does not last long, especially in drama-filled small and medium countries like Turkey.

Better yet, Turkey may simply let this go past in their state-controlled media, as well, without withdrawing their ambassador.

Turks stab oranges, drink juice in anti-Dutch protest

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1068071/middle-east

 

[Nein]

 

[Swordbreaker12]

What I don't understand is that nobody blames Germany today for their atrocities of WW2. Its all blamed on nazi party who were all Germans.
Likewise the Armenians were kllled during the Ottoman empire era which does not exist any longer So why blame that on Turkey ?

True that's so true killing millions of people and getting away with it but when it was Saddam or gaddafi Assad etc. they are dictators

 

[Nein]

It is more than an apology and reparations they want what was promised to them with the Treaty of Sevres and by Woodrow Wilson.

Well armenians can keep on dreaming as the treaty of Sevres was nullified by Launsanne

 

[lonelyman]

Turkey will likely withdraw their ambassador with great fanfare, and then, sent the ambassador back silently, after the public sentiment is back to normal, like they did in Brazil, Bulgaria, Austria, Russia, Germany, Holland...

Usually, public sentiment does not last long, especially in drama-filled small and medium countries like Turkey.

Better yet, Turkey may simply let this go past in their state-controlled media, as well, without withdrawing their ambassador.

Turks stab oranges, drink juice in anti-Dutch protest

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1068071/middle-east

Like a typical clown,