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Turkish Press Review (27 January 2012) |
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Friday, 27 January 2012ANKARA (A.A) - Turkish dailies mostly covered in their Friday issues the visit of the head of Iraq's Islamic Supreme Council Ammar al-Hakim to Turkey, EU Minister Egemen Bagis's remarks made in Davos town of Switzerland, and an attempt to collect at least 60 signatures at the French Parliament to carry an Armenian bill to the French constitutional court.
Commenting on Ammar al-Hakim's visit to Ankara, Cumhuriyet and Turkiye dailies emphasized that al-Hakim gave many positive messages during his visit. The dailies underlined that al-Hakim met with Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. Dailies quoted al-Hakim as saying "we will never let politics hurt our friendship with Turkey".
Dailies highlighted EU Minister and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis's remarks made in Davos town of Switzerland. Bagis said that Europe's future was being discussed in Davos. "Europe needs a new vision. New Europe can be possible with only Turkey," Bagis was quoted.
Dailies also drew attention to an attempt to collect at least 60 signatures at the French Parliament to carry an Armenian bill adopted on Monday at the French Senate to the constitutional court. Vatan daily wrote that so far 55 French senators put signatures and that only 5 more needed to take the Armenian bill to the French constitutional court. The Armenian bill adopted at the French Senate on January 23 criminalizes any denial of Armenian allegations pertaining to the incidents of 1915 with a prison sentence of one year and a monetary fine of 45,000 euros. |
Friday, 27 January 2012
Anadolu Agency
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