PARIS (AA) - September 5, 2012 - The Turkish Embassy in Paris has made initiatives at the French Foreign Ministry and Education Ministry in reaction to France's decision to place one-sided curriculum that supports Armenian allegations in school books pertaining to the incidents of 1915.
In a note sent to the French Foreign Ministry and a letter to the French Education Ministry, the Turkish Ambassador in Paris Tahsin Burcuoglu said that Armenian allegations did not reflect the truth and that Turkey reacted fiercely over history books that reflect the past from only one side.
In the note and letter, Turkey stated that the curriculum was based on fake documents.
Ambassador Burcuoglu underlined that Turkish parents in France felt great discomfort over the inclusion of Armenian allegations in French school books.
The French parliament in 2001 adopted a law that officially recognized Armenian allegations pertaining to the incidents of 1915.
The French parliament recently adopted a law that criminalized the rejection of Armenian allegations to the incidents of 1915 but the French Constitutional Court annulled the law.
