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28 August 2012 [17:03] - Today.Az
The Turkish Foreign Ministry is investigating the issue of
introducing section about the fictional "Armenian genocide" in high
school history textbooks by the French Ministry of Education, the
Hurriyet newspaper reported.
Turkish Ambassador to France Tahsin Burdzhuoglu said the embassy is
currently studying French school history and geography textbooks and
will prepare a detailed report that will be submitted to the Turkish
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of the
Turkey - the Ottoman Empire had committed the 1915 genocide against the
Armenians living in Anatolia and achieved recognition of the "Armenian
Genocide" by the parliaments of several countries.
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