Turkey Warns of New Measures against France
Turkey's foreign minister says his country will implement a new set of measures against France if its Senate passes a bill making it a crime to deny that the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks was a genocide.
Ahmet Davutoglu did not spell out the measures Turkey would take in response to the bill that will be debated Monday in the French Senate.
Turkey briefly recalled its ambassador to France and suspended military, economic and political ties when the bill was passed in France's lower house last month.
Davutoglu said Monday the bill would open a new era of "Inquisition" in Europe by compromising freedom of expression.
Most historians contend the killings constituted the first genocide of the 20th century. Turkey denies there was a systematic campaign to kill Armenians.
Source: Associated Press, Agence France Presse
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