Algeria Press Service
December 23, 2011 Friday

Erdogan denounces “genocide” committed by France in Algeria

ALGIERS – The tone upped between Ankara and Paris, following the
adoption by the French National Assembly of a law criminalizing the
negation of the “Armenian genocide,” Turkish Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan accused France of committing “genocide” in Algeria
while Paris said it “regrets” retaliatory decisions taken by Turkey.