ISTANBUL - "Adoption of such a draft law (at French national assembly criminalizing denial of so-called Armenian genocide) cannot be accepted and believed," said President Mehmet Ali Talat of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) who arrived in Istanbul after completing his meetings in Brussels.
Regarding the French draft law, Talat said that a very strange law was adopted at French national assembly, adding that it is not a believable decision while France is claiming championship in so-called freedom of thought.
"France acted by believing that it will make the whole world accept so-called Armenian genocide. Moreover, they made this by banning freedom of expression and thought," he added.
Regarding Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk's winning Nobel Prize for literature, Talat said that it is a pleasing news. Talat congratulated Turkish literature world and Turkey for this success.