A number of politicians on Tuesday formally requested France’s Constitutional Council to examine the planned law which would punish anyone who denies that the 1915 massacre of Armenians by ...
Relations between France and Turkey are in deep trouble thanks to a French bill making it illegal to deny that genocide against Armenians took place during World War I.
French senators are set to vote on a bill on Monday to outlaw denial of the Armenian genocide by Ottoman Turk forces in 1915 despite a threat by Turkey to punish the law with permanent ...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has written to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a bid to smooth relations as Ankara calls on French Senators not to approve the bill on denial of the ...
The war of words continues between Paris and Ankara with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday accusing France of committing "genocide" in Algeria.
Up to 1,000 people could have been killed by an earthquake of 7.3 magnitude which has hit eastern Turkey. The quake is the strongest to hit the county in years.
A powerful explosion killed three people and injured at least 15 in the centre of the Turkish capital on Tuesday, according to the country's interior minister.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to address the Arab League on Tuesday, a day after arriving in Cairo for talks on his country's relations with the new regime in Egypt.
