Turkish media prognoses for Armenian Genocide bill
Turkish media outlets make different prognoses for December 19 French Senate voting of Armenian Genocide bill, which defines that the denial of genocide will be a crime with €45.000 fine and one year in prison.
Turkish media (Zaman, CnnTurk, Hurriyet) are sure in their stories that French senators will approve the draft of law on December 19 and that President Nicolas Sarkozy won’t oppose to the ratification of the bill.
According to “Hurriyet”, after Sarkozy’s Yerevan visit it turned obvious his disposition over the Armenian genocide issue was changed. Because of the forthcoming French presidential elections Nicolas Sarkozy has turned a green light towards the genocide path as his main socialist rival Francois Holland promised to push the bill.