Ahmet Davutoglu: "This legislation is an attack against our national dignity"

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CORRESPONDENCE ISTANBUL - The Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu , reacts to the bill penalizing the negation in France of the Armenian genocide.

French deputies will examine the text. What do you think?

We see this new initiative as an attack against the Turkish history, but especially against French values ​​that we all share. I'm really surprised to see the country of the Enlightenment prohibit an intellectual discussion and punish an opinion. We are ready to discuss everything in an atmosphere of intellectual freedom. When there were insults against the Prophet Muhammad, the Europeans said it was a matter of freedom of thought. And then we punish an opinion ... This legislation is an insult to the intellectual history and the values ​​of France. 

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